Osceola, MO
| Osceola, Missouri | |
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| City | |
 Location of Osceola, Missouri |
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| Coordinates: 38°2′47″N 93°41′58″W / 38.04639°N 93.69944°WCoordinates: 38°2′47″N 93°41′58″W / 38.04639°N 93.69944°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Missouri |
| County | St. Clair |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.94 sq mi (2.43 km2) |
| • Land | 0.91 sq mi (2.36 km2) |
| • Water | 0.03 sq mi (0.08 km2) |
| Elevation | 751 ft (229 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 947 |
| • Estimate (2016) | 900 |
| • Density | 1,000/sq mi (390/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 64776 |
| FIPS code | 29-55388 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0756486 |
Osceola is a city in St. Clair County, Missouri, United States. The population was 947 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of St. Clair County.
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 in which the town was burned and its courthouse looted. The event inspired the 1976 Clint Eastwood film The Outlaw Josey Wales. Prior to the attack the town had a population of around 2,500. However, fewer than 200 residents remained after the event and the population has never again approached those numbers.
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 no longer to use "Jayhawk" as their 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.
Today, Osceola has restaurants, shopping, a public swimming pool, an RV park and campground, a county library, two museums, an airport, and many businesses and medical facilities. The city has a Go Fund Me account set up for a Riverfront Revitalization Project to restore the Osceola boat ramp and provide a walking trail.
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