Editing Osgood, Indiana

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Osgood, Indiana
| settlement_type    = [[Town]]
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| image_caption      = The Damm Theatre in Downtown Osgood
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| map_caption        = Location of Osgood in Ripley County, Indiana.
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| subdivision_name1  = [[Indiana]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Indiana|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Ripley County, Indiana|Ripley]]
| subdivision_type3  = [[List of townships in Indiana|Township]]
| subdivision_name3  = [[Center Township, Ripley County, Indiana|Center]]
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| area_land_km2      = 4.01
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| area_total_km2     = 4.11
| area_total_sq_mi   = 1.58
| area_land_sq_mi    = 1.55
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| population_total   = 1587
| population_density_km2 = 395.52
| population_density_sq_mi = 1024.53
| timezone           = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
| utc_offset         = -5
| timezone_DST       = EDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -4
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| elevation_ft       = 984
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| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 47037
| area_code          = [[Area code 812|812]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 18-57132<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
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| website            = {{URL|http://www.osgoodindiana.org}}
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'''Osgood''' is a town in [[Center Township, Ripley County, Indiana|Center Township]], [[Ripley County, Indiana|Ripley County]], in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Indiana]].<ref name=gnis/> The population was 1,624 at the 2010 census.

[[File:Osgood Carnegie Public Library, Osgood, Indiana (48467678282).jpg|thumb|Osgood's Carnegie library]]

==History==
Osgood was [[plat]]ted in 1854 when the railroad was extended to that point.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wonning|first=Paul R.|title=A Visit to Ripley County Indiana: Travel Guide for Ripley County, Indiana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vZeLBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT33|publisher=Mossy Feet Books|isbn=978-1-301-25438-5|page=33}}</ref> The town was named for A. L. Osgood, a railroad official.<ref>{{cite book|title=A Visit to Osgood and Napoleon, Indiana: A Guide to Osgood and Napoleon in Southern Indiana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PGhxBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT6|date=July 29, 2011|publisher=Mossy Feet Books|isbn=978-1-4657-2522-6|page=6}}</ref> A post office called Osgood has been in operation since 1855.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Ripley&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Ripley County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=November 30, 2015}}</ref> In the 1890s, Osgood was a [[sundown town]], where African Americans were not allowed to reside. By then, Osgood was still much more closely connected to [[Cincinnati]] than [[Indianapolis]] in terms of trade.<ref>{{cite news|title=No Colored Men There|work=[[Indianapolis Journal]]|location=Indianapolis|date=October 22, 1894|page=8|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015679/1894-10-22/ed-1/seq-8/|via=Chronicling America|quote='Damage suits brought by "colored" citizens because of real or fancied deprivation from civil rights through "man's inhumanity to man" are frequently reported throughout the North, and occasionally in this city,' says Dr. W. B. Clarke. 'But I was recently much surprised to learn that there are portions of this very State where a colored person is not even allowed to become a citizen, or even reside. During a month's sojourn in Ripley county I visited several towns without seeing a single Afro-American, and at Osgood, the largest town in the county, was informed that negroes were not allowed to live there, and that there was not a colored family within quite a number of miles of the town. This is only fifty-two miles west of Cincinnati, on the [[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad|Baltimore & Ohio]] Southwestern (the old [[Ohio and Mississippi Railway|Ohio & Mississippi]]), in Congressman Objector [[William S. Holman|Holman]]'s Democratic balliwick. Without moralizing on the matter I will only say that this is not because there is no work suitable for them, for domestic help is very scarce and in great demand, and there are extensive quarries, dairies and farms and much timber to cut. Another matter there struck me as rather peculiar, and that is, there is no affiliation in any way with the capital city of the State except the little legal business absolutely necessary. The colloquial phrase, "the city," always refers to Cincinnati. Yet all this is because of the roundabout means of access, which would quickly be changed if the [[Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway|Big Four]] would build an extension from [[Greensburg, Indiana|Greensburg]], only eighteen miles, paralleling the Michigan road, via [[Napoleon, Indiana|Napoleon]].'}}</ref>

In 1999, the community received a $23 million bequest from the Gilmore and Golda Reynolds Foundation, which was established by two lifelong Osgood residents to assist the town government as well as local non-profit organizations.<ref>{{cite book|author=Emmis Communications|title=Indianapolis Monthly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sOoCAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA249|date=November 2000|publisher=Emmis Communications|page=249|issn=0899-0328}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the 2010 census, Osgood has a total area of {{convert|1.48|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|1.45|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (or 97.97%) is land and {{convert|0.03|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (or 2.03%) is water.<ref name="census-g001">{{cite web
  |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1857132
  |title=G001 - Geographic Identifiers - 2010 Census Summary File 1
  |access-date=July 17, 2015
  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213060456/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1857132
  |archive-date=February 13, 2020
  |url-status=dead
  }}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 758
|1890= 841
|1900= 1035
|1910= 1169
|1920= 1093
|1930= 1173
|1940= 1198
|1950= 1228
|1960= 1434
|1970= 1346
|1980= 1554
|1990= 1688
|2000= 1669
|2010= 1624
|2020= 1587
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 11, 2012}}</ref> of 2010, there were 1,624 people, 638 households, and 417 families living in the town. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1120.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 728 housing units at an average density of {{convert|502.1|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the town was 98.2% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.1% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.1% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 1.5% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.3% of the population.

There were 638 households, of which 36.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 15.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.5% had a male householder with no wife present, and 34.6% were non-families. 31.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 3.06.

The median age in the town was 36 years. 26.9% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 26% were from 25 to 44; 22.3% were from 45 to 64; and 16.4% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the town was 47.5% male and 52.5% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 1,669 people, 668 households, and 424 families living in the town. The population density was {{convert|1,285.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 731 housing units at an average density of {{convert|562.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 98.98% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.12% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.54% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.12% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.06% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.18% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.96% of the population.

There were 668 households, out of which 34.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.4% were non-families. 31.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 27.4% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 26.4% from 25 to 44, 19.7% from 45 to 64, and 18.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.4 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $29,659, and the median income for a family was $35,750. Males had a median income of $29,375 versus $20,938 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the town was $13,842. About 9.2% of families and 11.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 10.4% of those under age 18 and 17.2% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
It is in the [[Jac-Cen-Del Community School Corporation]].<!--UNI 04800--><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st18_in/schooldistrict_maps/c18137_ripley/DC20SD_C18137.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Ripley County, IN|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-10-18}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st18_in/schooldistrict_maps/c18137_ripley/DC20SD_C18137_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

The town has a lending library, the Osgood Public Library.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.in.gov/library/files/countyindex13.pdf | title=Indiana public library directory | publisher=Indiana State Library | access-date=March 14, 2018 | archive-date=February 18, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218220414/http://in.gov/library/files/countyindex13.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Jasper S. Bilby]], surveyor
* [[Grover Hartley]], baseball player and umpire<ref>{{cite book|author=Pete Cava|title=Indiana-Born Major League Baseball Players: A Biographical Dictionary, 1871-2014|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bU2nCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA83|date=September 22, 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-9901-4|page=83}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of sundown towns in the United States]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.osgoodindiana.org Town of Osgood, Indiana website]

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[[Category:Towns in Ripley County, Indiana]]
[[Category:Towns in Indiana]]
[[Category:Sundown towns in Indiana]]