Osawatomie, Kansas

**Osawatomie** is a city in Miami County, Kansas, United States. it is  southwest of Kansas City. In 2020, 4,255 people lived there. Its name is a portmanteau from two streams nearby, the **Osa**ge and Pot**awatomie**.

## Geography

Osawatomie is at  (38.501650, -94.950799), along the Marais des Cygnes River. The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  is water.

### 2020 census

The census of 2020 says there were 4,255 people, 1,562 households, and 1,023 families living in the city. Of the households, 55.3% owned their home and 44.7% rented their home.

The median age was 36.1 years. Of the people, 87.4% were White, 3.2% were Black, 1.0% were Native American, 0.4% were Asian, 0.1% were Pacific Islanders, 0.9% were from some other race, and 7.1% were two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were4.3% of the people.

### 2010 census

The census of 2010 says there were 4,447 people, 1,644 households, and 1,075 families living in the city.

## Government

The Osawatomie government has a mayor and eight council members. The council meets the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month at 6:30PM.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Osawatomie, Kansas
- **settlement type**: City
- **image skyline**: Osawatomie, KS.jpg
- **image caption**: Downtown (2022)
- **image map**: Miami_County_Kansas_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Osawatomie_Highlighted.svg
- **map caption**: Location within Miami County, Kansas, Miami County and Kansas
- **image map1**: Map of Miami Co, Ks, USA.png
- **map caption1**: Kansas Department of Transportation, KDOT map of Miami County, Kansas, Miami County (:File:Kansas official transportation map legend.png, legend)
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision name1**: Kansas
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in Kansas, County
- **subdivision name2**: Miami County, Kansas, Miami
- **subdivision type3**: List of townships in Kansas, Township
- **established title**: Founded
- **established date**: 1854
- **established title1**: Platted
- **established title2**: Municipal corporation, Incorporated
- **established date2**: 1883
- **government type**: Mayor–council government, Mayor–Council
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **leader title1**: City Manager
- **area total sq mi**: 5.34
- **area land sq mi**: 5.25
- **area water sq mi**: 0.09
- **area total km2**: 13.84
- **area land km2**: 13.60
- **area water km2**: 0.24
- **unit pref**: Imperial
- **elevation ft**: 889
- **population as of**: 2020 United States census, 2020
- **population total**: 4255
- **population density sq mi**: auto
- **population density km2**: auto
- **timezone**: Central Time Zone, CST
- **utc offset**: -6
- **timezone dst**: CDT
- **utc offset dst**: -5
- **postal code type**: ZIP code
- **postal code**: 66064
- **area code type**: North American Numbering Plan, Area code
- **area code**: Area code 913, 913
- **blank name**: Federal Information Processing Standards, FIPS code
- **blank info**: 20-53225
- **blank1 name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS ID
- **blank1 info**: 485635