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Missouri Counties

Missouri has 114 Counties and one independent city. St. Louis City is separate from St. Louis County and is referred to as a "city not within a county."

Osage County, Missouri

Osage County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

County Seat: Linn
Year Organized: 1841
Square Miles: 606

Court House:

P.O. Box 826
Linn, MO 65051-0826

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Named for the Osage River. The name Osage is generally believed to be a corruption by the French of Washazhe, the name of the Osage Indians. The name has also been given as Wawsashe, Wacase, and Wassashsha. Marquette spelled the named Ouchage and Autrechacha. The name, to the Indians, meant "people."

Demographics:

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County History

Osage County

Organized from Gasconade County by act of legislature January 29, 1841. It originally included part of Maries County. On the north is the Missouri River; on the south, Maries County; on the west, the Osage River and Miller County; on the east is Gasconade County. The county was named for the Osage River (q.v.), which forms most of its western boundary. (HIST. COLE etc., 593, 694)

Source: Weber, Frank. "Place Names Of Six South Central Counties of Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1938.

Neighboring Counties:

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Cities and Towns:

- Argyle	town	Incorporated Area
- Chamois	city	Incorporated Area
- Freeburg	village	Incorporated Area
- Linn (County Seat)	city	Incorporated Area
- Meta	city	Incorporated Area
- Westphalia	city	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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County Resources

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