Osage County | |
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Nickname: Land of Lakes [1] | |
Coordinates: 38°39′N 95°44′W / 38.65°N 95.73°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Kansas |
Founded | 1859 |
Named for | Osage Nation |
Seat | Lyndon |
Largest city | Osage City |
Area | |
• Total | 720 sq mi (1,900 km2) |
• Land | 706 sq mi (1,830 km2) |
• Water | 14 sq mi (40 km2) 2.0% |
Population | |
• Total | 15,766 |
• Density | 22.3/sq mi (8.6/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
Congressional district | 2nd |
Website | OsageCo.org |
Osage County (county code OS) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2020, 15,766 people lived there.[2] Its county seat is Lyndon.[3] 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.[4]
In 1859, Osage County was created.
The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of 720 square miles (1,900 km2). Of that, 706 square miles (1,830 km2) is land and 14 square miles (36 km2) (2.0%) is water.[5]
Historical population | |||
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Census | Pop. | %± | |
1860 | 1,113 | — | |
1870 | 7,648 | 587.2% | |
1880 | 19,642 | 156.8% | |
1890 | 25,062 | 27.6% | |
1900 | 23,659 | −5.6% | |
1910 | 19,905 | −15.9% | |
1920 | 18,621 | −6.5% | |
1930 | 17,538 | −5.8% | |
1940 | 15,118 | −13.8% | |
1950 | 12,811 | −15.3% | |
1960 | 12,886 | 0.6% | |
1970 | 13,352 | 3.6% | |
1980 | 15,319 | 14.7% | |
1990 | 15,248 | −0.5% | |
2000 | 16,712 | 9.6% | |
2010 | 16,295 | −2.5% | |
2020 | 15,766 | −3.2% | |
U.S. Decennial Census[6] 1790-1960[7] 1900-1990[8] 1990-2000[9] 2010-2020[2] |
Osage County is included in the Topeka Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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.
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third Parties |
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2020 | 71.0% 5,705 | 26.6% 2,136 | 2.4% 194 |
2016 | 67.5% 4,826 | 24.5% 1,753 | 8.0% 574 |
2012 | 64.1% 4,427 | 32.8% 2,268 | 3.1% 211 |
2008 | 63.9% 4,820 | 33.6% 2,534 | 2.5% 190 |
2004 | 64.3% 4,800 | 34.0% 2,537 | 1.7% 126 |
2000 | 57.0% 3,770 | 38.3% 2,530 | 4.7% 313 |
1996 | 48.8% 3,487 | 35.0% 2,502 | 16.2% 1,157 |
1992 | 34.5% 2,561 | 31.0% 2,297 | 34.5% 2,563[a] |
1988 | 54.3% 3,496 | 44.1% 2,840 | 1.5% 99 |
1984 | 66.6% 4,288 | 32.2% 2,072 | 1.3% 83 |
1980 | 60.4% 3,817 | 33.0% 2,088 | 6.6% 419 |
1976 | 50.5% 2,945 | 47.3% 2,755 | 2.2% 128 |
1972 | 71.1% 4,073 | 26.6% 1,522 | 2.3% 133 |
1968 | 56.2% 3,157 | 29.6% 1,664 | 14.3% 801 |
1964 | 49.1% 2,681 | 50.1% 2,737 | 0.8% 42 |
1960 | 64.0% 3,880 | 35.5% 2,150 | 0.5% 31 |
1956 | 67.3% 4,136 | 32.2% 1,979 | 0.5% 32 |
1952 | 68.8% 4,589 | 30.5% 2,036 | 0.6% 41 |
1948 | 55.6% 3,474 | 42.5% 2,659 | 1.9% 121 |
1944 | 64.4% 4,107 | 34.7% 2,212 | 0.9% 58 |
1940 | 60.5% 4,991 | 38.6% 3,186 | 0.9% 70 |
1936 | 49.9% 4,232 | 49.8% 4,224 | 0.4% 30 |
1932 | 45.4% 3,707 | 51.4% 4,199 | 3.2% 259 |
1928 | 73.2% 5,900 | 25.6% 2,058 | 1.2% 98 |
1924 | 63.2% 4,957 | 26.1% 2,050 | 10.7% 836 |
1920 | 62.8% 4,507 | 33.6% 2,414 | 3.6% 256 |
1916 | 44.7% 3,770 | 50.7% 4,276 | 4.6% 390 |
1912 | 17.6% 850 | 40.8% 1,969 | 41.6% 2,005[b] |
1908 | 50.3% 2,671 | 43.1% 2,288 | 6.6% 351 |
1904 | 65.0% 3,670 | 26.9% 1,516 | 8.1% 459 |
1900 | 51.2% 3,128 | 47.5% 2,901 | 1.4% 85 |
1896 | 45.0% 2,903 | 53.9% 3,481 | 1.1% 71 |
1892 | 43.8% 2,604 | 56.2% 3,345 | |
1888 | 57.5% 3,442 | 23.1% 1,380 | 19.5% 1,165 |
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.