Osawatomie
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city in Miami County, Kansas, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kansas
- County
- Miami
- Type
- Mayor–Council
- Mayor
- Nick Hampson
- City manager
- Bret Glendening
- Total
- 5.34 sq mi (13.84 km )
- Land
- 5.25 sq mi (13.60 km )
- Water
- 0.093 sq mi (0.24 km )
- Elevation
- 889 ft (271 m)
- Density
- 810.3/sq mi (312.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 20-53225
- Website
- osawatomieks.org
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Osawatomie (/oʊsəˈwɑːtəmi/ oh-sə-WAH-tə-mee) is a city in Miami County, Kansas, United States, 61 miles (98 km) southwest of Kansas City. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 4,255. It derives its name as a portmanteau of two nearby streams, the Marais des Cygnes River (formerly named "Osage River") and Pottawatomie Creek.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Osawatomie” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.