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Osceola, Missouri
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St. Clair County Courthouse in Osceola
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Location of Osceola, Missouri
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| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| County | St. Clair |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.04 sq mi (2.70 km2) |
| • Land | 1.02 sq mi (2.63 km2) |
| • Water | 0.03 sq mi (0.06 km2) |
| Elevation | 748 ft (228 m) |
| Population
(2020)
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| • Total | 909 |
| • Density | 893.81/sq mi (345.00/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code |
64776
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| FIPS code | 29-55388 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2396092 |
Osceola is a city in St. Clair County, Missouri, United States. The population was 909 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of St. Clair County. During the American Civil War, Osceola was the site of the Sacking of Osceola.
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History
Located on the Osage River, the land that became the town of Osceola was inhabited by the tribe of Osage Native Americans, also known as NiuKonska, Native Americans who gave the river its name. NiuKonska means "Little Ones of the Middle Waters". Two treaties, in 1808 and 1825, signed by the Osage and the U.S. government gave up all the tribe's land in Missouri. With the way cleared for non-native settlers, more people began to arrive in the St. Clair County area in the mid-1830s.
The town was the site of the September 1861 Sacking of Osceola by Jayhawkers (anti-slavery patrols) in which the town was burned and its courthouse looted. The town of 2,077 people was plundered and burned to the ground, 200 slaves were freed and nine local citizens were court-martialed and executed. The event inspired the 1976 Clint Eastwood film The Outlaw Josey Wales.
In September 2011, on the 150th anniversary of the Sacking of Osceola, the Osceola Board of Aldermen passed a resolution asking the University of Kansas to no longer to use "Jayhawk" as its mascot and nickname. Further, the resolution asks Missouri residents to stop spelling Kansas or "KU" with a capital letter because "neither is a proper name or a proper place".
The Osceola Public School Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.94 square miles (2.43 km2), of which 0.91 square miles (2.36 km2) is land and 0.03 square miles (0.08 km2) is water.
Climate
| Climate data for Osceola, Missouri (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1955–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 76 (24) |
83 (28) |
90 (32) |
97 (36) |
97 (36) |
104 (40) |
110 (43) |
110 (43) |
107 (42) |
96 (36) |
85 (29) |
76 (24) |
110 (43) |
| Average high °F (°C) | 42.4 (5.8) |
47.3 (8.5) |
58.3 (14.6) |
67.5 (19.7) |
76.9 (24.9) |
85.5 (29.7) |
90.3 (32.4) |
89.3 (31.8) |
80.9 (27.2) |
69.8 (21.0) |
56.5 (13.6) |
45.7 (7.6) |
67.5 (19.7) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 31.7 (−0.2) |
35.9 (2.2) |
46.4 (8.0) |
56.0 (13.3) |
65.8 (18.8) |
74.8 (23.8) |
79.2 (26.2) |
77.8 (25.4) |
69.2 (20.7) |
57.8 (14.3) |
45.4 (7.4) |
35.4 (1.9) |
56.3 (13.5) |
| Average low °F (°C) | 21.0 (−6.1) |
24.6 (−4.1) |
34.5 (1.4) |
44.4 (6.9) |
54.6 (12.6) |
64.0 (17.8) |
68.1 (20.1) |
66.2 (19.0) |
57.5 (14.2) |
45.7 (7.6) |
34.2 (1.2) |
25.0 (−3.9) |
45.0 (7.2) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −19 (−28) |
−20 (−29) |
−5 (−21) |
19 (−7) |
23 (−5) |
41 (5) |
44 (7) |
44 (7) |
29 (−2) |
20 (−7) |
0 (−18) |
−25 (−32) |
−25 (−32) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 1.87 (47) |
2.09 (53) |
2.80 (71) |
4.62 (117) |
5.52 (140) |
5.12 (130) |
4.57 (116) |
3.82 (97) |
4.02 (102) |
3.49 (89) |
3.12 (79) |
2.20 (56) |
43.24 (1,098) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 4.4 (11) |
1.5 (3.8) |
0.9 (2.3) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.2 (0.51) |
3.1 (7.9) |
10.1 (26) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 4.9 | 5.1 | 7.1 | 8.0 | 9.3 | 8.1 | 7.6 | 6.1 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 5.9 | 4.9 | 81.4 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 4.5 |
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Demographics
| Historical population | |||
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 1860 | 314 | — | |
| 1870 | 331 | 5.4% | |
| 1880 | 373 | 12.7% | |
| 1890 | 995 | 166.8% | |
| 1900 | 1,037 | 4.2% | |
| 1910 | 1,114 | 7.4% | |
| 1920 | 1,025 | −8.0% | |
| 1930 | 1,043 | 1.8% | |
| 1940 | 1,190 | 14.1% | |
| 1950 | 1,082 | −9.1% | |
| 1960 | 1,066 | −1.5% | |
| 1970 | 874 | −18.0% | |
| 1980 | 841 | −3.8% | |
| 1990 | 755 | −10.2% | |
| 2000 | 835 | 10.6% | |
| 2010 | 947 | 13.4% | |
| 2020 | 909 | −4.0% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census | |||
2010 census
As of the census of 2010, there were 947 people, 394 households, and 225 families living in the city. The population density was 1,040.7 inhabitants per square mile (401.8/km2). There were 502 housing units at an average density of 551.6 per square mile (213.0/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 94.2% White, 1.7% African American, 0.7% Native American, 0.1% Asian, 0.4% from other races, and 2.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.1% of the population.
There were 394 households, of which 31.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.8% were married couples living together, 16.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 42.9% were non-families. 39.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 22.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.14 and the average family size was 2.81.
The median age in the city was 39.7 years. 21.9% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.2% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27% were from 25 to 44; 22.8% were from 45 to 64; and 20.2% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 50.2% male and 49.8% female.
Education
Public education in Osceola is administered by Osceola School District.
Osceola has a public library, the Saint Clair County Library.
Arts and culture
The Osceola Chamber of Commerce hosts various activities. The Osceola Rodeo is the biggest event of the year, and Rodeo Daze is held annually on Labor Day weekend. This event includes the street dance, food vendors, and the Rodeo Daze Parade. The annual street dance is held on the Thursday before Labor Day.
Transportation
Intercity bus service to the city is provided by Jefferson Lines.
In popular culture
Osceola is the birthplace of Rooster Cogburn in Charles Portis's 1968 novel True Grit. The pillaging of Osceola by Kansas Jayhawkers and Red Legs is thought to have provided Cogburn's motive for taking part in William Quantrill's infamous sack of Lawrence, Kansas which serves as a biographical background to the story. Osceola is the main theme for Osceola, Missouri, The Burning of 1861, by Richard F. Sunderwirth.
Notable people
- Karolyn Grimes, child actress
- Waldo Johnson, United States Senator
- Thomas Marquis, physician and writer
- Tammy Williams, softball player
- Warren Love, Missouri representative
See also
In Spanish: Osceola (Misuri) para niños
