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Osborne County, Kansas

Date Established: February 26, 1867
Date Organized:
Location: Kansas map showing location of Osborne County
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
PlacePopulation (2020 census)
Bethany Township  162 
Bloom Township  80 
Corinth Township  40 
Covert Township  15 
Delhi Township  30 
Grant Township  13 
Hancock Township  16 
Hawkeye Township  27 
Independence Township  24 
Jackson Township  30 
Kill Creek Township 
Lawrence Township  30 
Liberty Township  15 
Mount Ayr Township  15 
Natoma Township  316 
Osborne (city)  1,335 
Penn Township  145 
Ross Township  874 
Round Mound Township  31 
Sumner Township  172 
Tilden Township  72 
Valley Township  18 
Victor Township  15 
Winfield Township  17 
Total population: 3,500 

Township map of Osborne County, 2000
Population:
1870 (33)
1880 (12,517)
1890 (12,083)
1900 (11,844)
1910 (12,827)
1920 (12,441)
1930 (11,568)
1940 (9,835)
1950 (8,558)
1960 (7,506)
1970 (6,416)
1980 (5,959)
1990 (4,867)
2000 (4,452)
2010 (3,858)
2020 (3,500)
Other Resources: Post offices in Osborne County
Cemeteries in Osborne County, As of 1906
Newspapers Available on Microfilm
Townships and Independent Cities in Osborne County
Bibliography
Kansas Memory
Links to Other Sites: Osborne County GenWeb
Early Kansas Maps [KanColl]
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