Osage County, Missouri

Osage County
Osage County
County
	The Osage County Courthouse in Linn
	Location within the U.S. state of Missouri
	Missouri's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 38°28′N 91°52′W / 38.46°N 91.86°W
Country	United States
State	Missouri
Founded	January 29, 1841
Named for	Osage River
Seat	Linn
Largest city	Linn
Area
• Total	611 sq mi (1,580 km2)
• Land	604 sq mi (1,560 km2)
• Water	6.1 sq mi (16 km2) 1.0%
Population (2020)
• Total	13,274
• Density	22/sq mi (8.4/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	3rd
Website	osagecountygov.com

Osage County is a county in the central part of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,274.^[1] Its county seat is Linn.^[2] The county was organized January 29, 1841, and named from the Osage River.^[3]

Osage County is part of the Jefferson City, MO Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its geography and the founding of Westphalia Vineyards links it to the Missouri Rhineland, extending along the Missouri River valley to the western edges of the St. Louis Metropolitan Area.

According to data from the 2010 census, Osage County is the whitest county in Missouri, with 98.85 percent of residents being white.

^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ Eaton, David Wolfe (1917). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. pp. 337.