Osage County, Kansas

Osage County (county code OS) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 15,766 people lived there. Its county seat is Lyndon. Its most populous city is Osage City. The county was originally organized in 1855 as Weller County, and was renamed in 1859 after the Osage River that runs through it, which is itself named for the Osage Native American Tribe.

History
In 1859, Osage County was created.

Geography
The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that,  is land and  (2.0%) is water.

People

Osage County is included in the Topeka Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Government

Presidential elections
Osage County is strongly Republican. In only six presidential elections from 1888 to the present day has the county failed to back the Republican Party candidate, most recently in Lyndon B. Johnson's national landslide. of 1964.

+ Presidential election results Year Republican Democratic Third Parties202071.0% 5,70526.6% 2,1362.4% 194201667.5% 4,82624.5% 1,7538.0% 574201264.1% 4,42732.8% 2,2683.1% 211200863.9% 4,82033.6% 2,5342.5% 190200464.3% 4,80034.0% 2,5371.7% 126200057.0% 3,77038.3% 2,5304.7% 313199648.8% 3,48735.0% 2,50216.2% 1,157199234.5% 2,56131.0% 2,29734.5% 2,563198854.3% 3,49644.1% 2,8401.5% 99198466.6% 4,28832.2% 2,0721.3% 83198060.4% 3,81733.0% 2,0886.6% 419197650.5% 2,94547.3% 2,7552.2% 128197271.1% 4,07326.6% 1,5222.3% 133196856.2% 3,15729.6% 1,66414.3% 801196449.1% 2,68150.1% 2,7370.8% 42196064.0% 3,88035.5% 2,1500.5% 31195667.3% 4,13632.2% 1,9790.5% 32195268.8% 4,58930.5% 2,0360.6% 41194855.6% 3,47442.5% 2,6591.9% 121194464.4% 4,10734.7% 2,2120.9% 58194060.5% 4,99138.6% 3,1860.9% 70193649.9% 4,23249.8% 4,2240.4% 30193245.4% 3,70751.4% 4,1993.2% 259192873.2% 5,90025.6% 2,0581.2% 98192463.2% 4,95726.1% 2,05010.7% 836192062.8% 4,50733.6% 2,4143.6% 256191644.7% 3,77050.7% 4,2764.6% 390191217.6% 85040.8% 1,96941.6% 2,005190850.3% 2,67143.1% 2,2886.6% 351190465.0% 3,67026.9% 1,5168.1% 459190051.2% 3,12847.5% 2,9011.4% 85189645.0% 2,90353.9% 3,4811.1% 71189243.8% 2,60456.2% 3,345188857.5% 3,44223.1% 1,38019.5% 1,165

Education

Unified school districts
 Osage City USD 420
 Lyndon USD 421 
 Santa Fe Trail USD 434 
 Burlingame USD 454 
 Marais des Cygnes Valley USD 456

Media
Osage County is served by a weekly newspaper, The Osage County Herald-Chronicle is a weekly newspaper for Osage County. The newspaper publishes about 4,500 papers, making it the 3rd biggest paid weekly newspaper in the state of Kansas.

The Herald-Chronicle was created by the merger of The Osage County Herald and The Osage County Chronicle in February 2007.

Communities

Cities

 Burlingame
 Carbondale
 Lyndon
 Melvern
 Olivet
 Osage City
 Overbrook
 Quenemo
 Scranton

References

Notes

More reading
 Standard Atlas of Osage County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 80 pages; 1918.
 Descriptive Atlas of Osage County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 67 pages; 1899.
 An Illustrated Historical Atlas of Osage County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 46 pages; 1879.

Other websites

County

 Osage County - Directory of Public Officials
Other
 Osage County Historical Society
 Newspaper website 
Maps
 Osage County Maps: Current , Historic , KDOT
 Kansas Highway Maps: Current , Historic , KDOT
 Kansas Railroad Maps: Current , 1996, 1915, KDOT and Kansas Historical Society


Category:1859 establishments in Kansas Territory