Kansas Counties
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Osborne County, Kansas
| Date Established: | February 26, 1867 |
| Date Organized: | |
| Location: |
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| County Seat: | Osborne |
| Origin of Name: | In honor of Pvt. Vincent B. Osborn[e], of Co. A, 2nd Kansas Cavalry, who lost his right leg to wounds received 17 Jan 1865 on the steamer Anna Jacobs on the Arkansas River just south of Roseville, Ark. The steamboat, carrying 200 refugees and 50 soldiers, came under fire from a Confederate artillery piece and made for shore; Osborne carried the cable ashore and was attempting to secure it when he was shot, shattering the bone just above the knee. |
| Cities & Townships: |
| Place | Population (2000 census) |
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| Osborne (city) | 1,607 |
| Bethany Township | 199 |
| Bloom Township | 81 |
| Corinth Township | 51 |
| Covert Township | 19 |
| Delhi Township | 37 |
| Grant Township | 28 |
| Hancock Township | 21 |
| Hawkeye Township | 36 |
| Independence Township | 32 |
| Jackson Township | 42 |
| Kill Creek Township | 35 |
| Lawrence Township | 37 |
| Liberty Township | 31 |
| Mount Ayr Township | 41 |
| Natoma Township | 402 |
| Penn Township | 129 |
| Ross Township | 1,166 |
| Round Mound Township | 59 |
| Sumner Township | 206 |
| Tilden Township | 116 |
| Valley Township | 37 |
| Victor Township | 24 |
| Winfield Township | 16 |
| Total population: | 4,452 | |
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| Population: |
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1870
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 (33) |
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1880
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(12,517) |
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1890
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(12,083) |
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1900
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(11,844) |
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1910
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(12,827) |
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1920
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(12,441) |
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1930
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(11,568) |
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1940
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(9,835) |
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1950
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(8,558) |
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1960
|
(7,506) |
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1970
|
(6,416) |
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1980
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(5,959) |
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1990
|
(4,867) |
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2000
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(4,452) |
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| Other Resources: | Bibliography
Cemeteries in Osborne County, as of 1906
Newspapers available on microfilm
Townships & Independent Cities in Osborne County
Post offices in Osborne County
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| Links to Other Sites: | Osborne County page [Blue Skyways]
Osborne County GenWeb
Early Kansas Maps [KanColl]
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