Editing Owosso, Michigan

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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Owosso, Michigan
| official_name      = City of Owosso
| settlement_type    = [[City]]
| image_skyline      = West Town Historic District Owosso.jpg
| imagesize          = 275
| image_caption      = [[West Town Historic Commercial and Industrial District]] along Main Street ([[M-21 (Michigan highway)|M-21]])
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| pushpin_label_position = left
| pushpin_label      = Owosso
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Michigan
| pushpin_mapsize    = 
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| mapsize            = 250
| map_caption        = Location within [[Shiawassee County, Michigan|Shiawassee County]]
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Michigan]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Michigan|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Shiawassee County, Michigan|Shiawassee]]
| government_type    = [[Council–manager government|Council–manager]]
| leader_title       = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name        = Robert J. Teich, Jr.
| leader_title1      = [[City manager|Manager]]
| leader_name1       = Nathan Henne
| leader_title2      = 
| leader_name2       = 
| established_title  = Incorporated
| established_date   = 1859
| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{Cite web |title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_26.txt |access-date=May 21, 2022 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 13.96
| area_land_km2      = 13.59
| area_water_km2     = 0.37
| area_total_sq_mi   = 5.39
| area_land_sq_mi    = 5.25
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.14
| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_est     = 
| pop_est_as_of      = 
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 14714
| population_density_km2 = 1082.47
| population_density_sq_mi = 2803.73
| timezone           = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
| utc_offset         = -5
| timezone_DST       = EDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -4
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| elevation_ft       = 738
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| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code|ZIP code(s)]]
| postal_code        = 48867
| area_code          = [[Area code 989|989]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 26-61940<ref name="GR2">{{Cite web |title=U.S. Census website |url=https://www.census.gov |access-date=2008-01-31 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
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'''Owosso''' ({{Respell|ə|WOSS|oh}}) is the largest city in [[Shiawassee County, Michigan|Shiawassee County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome to Shiawassee County |url=https://shiawassee.net/ |access-date=20 March 2024 |publisher=Shiawassee County, MI}}</ref> The population was 14,714 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. It is located {{convert|29|mi|1}} west of [[Flint, Michigan|Flint]], and {{convert|32|mi|1}} northeast of [[Lansing, Michigan|Lansing]]. The city is mostly surrounded by [[Owosso Township, Michigan|Owosso Township]] on its west, but the two are administered autonomously. The city was named after Chief [[Wosso]], an [[Ojibwe]] leader of the Shiawassee area.<ref name="City Data">{{Cite web |title=Owosso, Michigan |url=http://www.city-data.com/city/Owosso-Michigan.html |access-date=20 February 2014 |publisher=City Data}}</ref>

==History==
===19th century===
Alfred L. and Benjamin O. Williams were early European-American settlers in the area. They were joined by Elias Comstock, who built the first permanent home in the settlement. Dr. John B. Barnes, a physician and a judge, and Sophronia King Barnes moved to Owosso in 1842. They lived on Oliver and Water streets where they operated an [[Underground Railroad]] waystation, where they provided aid and shelter for enslaved African Americans.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Snodgrass |first=Mary Ellen |url=http://archive.org/details/undergroundrailr0000snod |title=The Underground Railroad: An Encyclopedia of People, Places, and Operations |date=2008 |publisher=M.E. Sharpe |isbn=978-0-7656-8093-8 |location=Armonk, New York |pages=40}}</ref>

Owosso was incorporated as a city in 1859, at which time it had 1,000 people. The city's first mayor was Amos Gould, a judge originally from New York. Many other settlers also migrated across the Northern Tier from New York and New England. In 1876, the city organized its fire department.<ref name="1880history">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HmTM_I4BK70C&q=owosso+history&pg=PA144 |title=History of Shiawassee and Clinton Counties, Michigan; 1880 |year=1880 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>

===20th century===
The pattern of settlement and migration resulted in a majority-white city. In the 1950s, Owosso was reported by a major [[Montgomery, Alabama]], newspaper to be a [[sundown town]], where African Americans were not allowed to live or stay overnight.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ward |first=Clifford B. |title=The South Is Fair Game Up North |work=[[The News-Sentinel]] |location=Fort Wayne, Indiana |type=editorial}} Reprinted in {{cite news|title=The South Is Fair Game Up North|work=[[Montgomery Advertiser]]|location=[[Montgomery, Alabama]]|date=July 20, 1956|page=4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29073922/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|quote=''The Advertiser'' has delighted in finding Northern Cities where Negroes are not allowed to live or even to stay overnight, among them Owosso, Mich., birthplace of [[Thomas Dewey]].}}</ref>

==Geography==
The city is on the [[Shiawassee River]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|5.39|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|5.25|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.14|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (2.60%) is water.<ref name="CENS">{{Cite web |date=September 2012 |title=Michigan: 2010 Population and Housing Unit Counts 2010 Census of Population and Housing |url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-24.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019111423/http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-24.pdf |archive-date=2012-10-19 |access-date=May 1, 2020 |website=[[2010 United States Census]] |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |page=42 Michigan}}</ref>

===Climate===
Owosso experiences frigid winters, with the last snow usually falling in April, typically Northern Midwestern spring thaws, balmy to hot summers, and colorful falls, with the first snows usually occurring sometimes in December but typically in January. Each year Owosso averages eleven days with temperatures below {{convert|0|°F|°C|abbr=on}}, and nine days with temperatures above {{convert|90|°F|°C|abbr=on}}. Owosso averages twenty-nine inches of rain per year, and forty-one inches of snow.  The average growing season in Owosso is 144 days.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Climate and Average Weather Year Round in Owosso |url=https://weatherspark.com/y/16085/Average-Weather-in-Owosso-Michigan-United-States-Year-Round |access-date=March 20, 2024 |publisher=Cedar Lake Ventures, Inc.}}</ref>

{{Weather box
|location = Owosso WWTP, Michigan (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1896–present)
|single line = Yes
|width = auto
|Jan record high F = 65
|Feb record high F = 74
|Mar record high F = 87
|Apr record high F = 88
|May record high F = 95
|Jun record high F = 102
|Jul record high F = 105
|Aug record high F = 103
|Sep record high F = 103
|Oct record high F = 90
|Nov record high F = 79
|Dec record high F = 69
|year record high F = 105

|Jan avg record high F = 52.2
|Feb avg record high F = 52.6
|Mar avg record high F = 67.2
|Apr avg record high F = 78.3
|May avg record high F = 85.6
|Jun avg record high F = 90.8
|Jul avg record high F = 91.5
|Aug avg record high F = 90.8
|Sep avg record high F = 88.3
|Oct avg record high F = 79.6
|Nov avg record high F = 66.4
|Dec avg record high F = 54.7
|year avg record high F = 93.3

|Jan high F = 30.3
|Feb high F = 33.1
|Mar high F = 43.3
|Apr high F = 56.5
|May high F = 68.7
|Jun high F = 78.1
|Jul high F = 81.9
|Aug high F = 80.0
|Sep high F = 73.5
|Oct high F = 60.6
|Nov high F = 47.0
|Dec high F = 35.5
|year high F = 57.4
|Jan mean F = 23.0
|Feb mean F = 24.7
|Mar mean F = 33.6
|Apr mean F = 45.5
|May mean F = 57.4
|Jun mean F = 67.0
|Jul mean F = 70.8
|Aug mean F = 69.3
|Sep mean F = 62.3
|Oct mean F = 50.3
|Nov mean F = 38.8
|Dec mean F = 29.0
|year mean F = 47.6
|Jan low F = 15.7
|Feb low F = 16.3
|Mar low F = 23.8
|Apr low F = 34.5
|May low F = 46.2
|Jun low F = 56.0
|Jul low F = 59.7
|Aug low F = 58.5
|Sep low F = 51.0
|Oct low F = 40.0
|Nov low F = 30.7
|Dec low F = 22.5
|year low F = 37.9

|Jan avg record low F = -3.5
|Feb avg record low F = -2.0
|Mar avg record low F = 6.2
|Apr avg record low F = 22.5
|May avg record low F = 32.1
|Jun avg record low F = 42.1
|Jul avg record low F = 48.9
|Aug avg record low F = 47.4
|Sep avg record low F = 37.6
|Oct avg record low F = 27.3
|Nov avg record low F = 17.4
|Dec avg record low F = 5.9
|year avg record low F = -7.4

|Jan record low F = −22
|Feb record low F = −26
|Mar record low F = −15
|Apr record low F = 3
|May record low F = 20
|Jun record low F = 31
|Jul record low F = 40
|Aug record low F = 34
|Sep record low F = 26
|Oct record low F = 15
|Nov record low F = -5
|Dec record low F = −14
|year record low F = −26
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 2.10
|Feb precipitation inch = 1.82
|Mar precipitation inch = 1.98
|Apr precipitation inch = 3.62
|May precipitation inch = 4.15
|Jun precipitation inch = 3.50
|Jul precipitation inch = 3.55
|Aug precipitation inch = 3.33
|Sep precipitation inch = 2.75
|Oct precipitation inch = 3.23
|Nov precipitation inch = 2.41
|Dec precipitation inch = 2.03
|year precipitation inch = 34.47
|Jan snow inch = 12.4
|Feb snow inch = 8.9
|Mar snow inch = 4.0
|Apr snow inch = 0.8
|May snow inch = 0.0
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 0.2
|Nov snow inch = 2.1
|Dec snow inch = 9.9
|year snow inch = 38.3
|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 12.8
|Feb precipitation days = 10.0
|Mar precipitation days = 9.6
|Apr precipitation days = 12.7
|May precipitation days = 14.2
|Jun precipitation days = 11.8
|Jul precipitation days = 9.7
|Aug precipitation days = 11.5
|Sep precipitation days = 10.5
|Oct precipitation days = 13.3
|Nov precipitation days = 11.4
|Dec precipitation days = 12.4
|year precipitation days = 139.9
|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 8.6
|Feb snow days = 7.1
|Mar snow days = 3.0
|Apr snow days = 1.0
|May snow days = 0.0
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.1
|Nov snow days = 1.5
|Dec snow days = 7.3
|year snow days = 28.6

|Jan snow depth inch = 8.5
|Feb snow depth inch = 7.5
|Mar snow depth inch = 4.5
|Apr snow depth inch = 0.6
|May snow depth inch = 0.0
|Jun snow depth inch = 0.0
|Jul snow depth inch = 0.0
|Aug snow depth inch = 0.0
|Sep snow depth inch = 0.0
|Oct snow depth inch = 0.2
|Nov snow depth inch = 1.6
|Dec snow depth inch = 5.6
|year snow depth inch = 11.0

|source 1 = [[NOAA]]<ref name="NOAA">{{Cite web |title=NowData - NOAA Online Weather Data |url=https://www.weather.gov/wrh/Climate?wfo=dtx |access-date=September 3, 2021 |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration}}</ref><ref name="NCEI">{{Cite web |title=Station: Owosso WWTP, MI |url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USC00206300&format=pdf |access-date=September 3, 2021 |website=U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991-2020) |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration}}</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1860= 1160
|1870= 2065
|1880= 2501
|1890= 6564
|1900= 8696
|1910= 9639
|1920= 12575
|1930= 14496
|1940= 14424
|1950= 15948
|1960= 17006
|1970= 17179
|1980= 16455
|1990= 16322
|2000= 15713
|2010= 15194
|2020= 14714
|align-fn=center
|footnote=[https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html U.S. Decennial Census]
}}

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 15,713 people, 6,340 households, and 4,076 families.  The population density was {{convert|3,174.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 6,724 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1358.4|/sqmi|/km2}}.  The racial makeup of the city was 97% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.20% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.60% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.40% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.80% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.10% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 3% of the population.

There were 6,340 households, out of which 33.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 14.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.7% were non-families. 29.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.6% 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 3.03.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 27.3% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 29.4% from 25 to 44, 19.9% from 45 to 64, and 13.5% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.3 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.0 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $32,576, and the median income for a family was $40,355. Males had a median income of $32,285 versus $22,534 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $16,764.  About 10.0% of families and 13.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 16.8% of those under age 18 and 6.9% of those age 65 or over.

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="wwwcensusgov">{{Cite web |title=U.S. Census website |url=https://www.census.gov |access-date=2012-11-25 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref> of 2010, there were 15,194 people, 6,161 households, and 3,779 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|2905.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 6,823 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1304.6|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 95.7% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.8% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.5% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.3% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.6% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 2.1% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 3.9% of the population.

There were 6,161 households, of which 33.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 16.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 38.7% were non-families. 31.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.5% 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 3.00.

The median age in the city was 34.8 years. 25.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 11.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.9% were from 25 to 44; 24.7% were from 45 to 64; and 12.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.4% male and 51.6% female.<ref name="City Data" />

==Arts and culture==
[[File:Curwood castle.jpg|thumb|[[Curwood Castle]], listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]]]

*[[Curwood Castle]] was the writing studio of notable author [[James Oliver Curwood]]. It is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. The castle is operated as a museum that contains period antiques, and Curwood books, photos, and movie posters, as well as memorabilia related to politician [[Thomas E. Dewey]], another notable native son.
*The Shiawasse Arts Center exhibits and sells prints of [[Frederick Carl Frieseke]], and original work of other artists. It also holds art classes, and competitions, and has exhibitions scheduled throughout the year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Book Excerpts &#124; The Kevorkian Verdict &#124; FRONTLINE |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/kevorkian/aboutk/drdeathchapters.html |access-date=2013-11-27 |publisher=PBS}}</ref>
 [[File:George Perrigo House Owosso.jpg|thumb|The George Perrigo House, listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]]]
* The American Record Pressing Company, accredited for [[The Beatles]] first vinyl pressing in the United States<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shiawassee History |url=https://www.shiawasseehistory.com/arp.html |website=ShiawasseeHistory.com}}</ref>
*The Curwood Festival, to honor the author and books, is held annually and includes a street fair, parades, contests including raft races, carnival rides, concerts, a medieval reenactment encampment, and more.<ref>{{Cite web |last=The Argus-Press |date=2005-04-01 |title=New Lothrop Stops Corunna in Baseball Opener |url=http://www.argus-press.com/articles/2007/03/15/sports/sports2.txt |access-date=2013-11-27 |publisher=The Argus-Press}}</ref>

==Government==
The city has a [[Council–manager government|council–manager]] form of government.
Owosso is served by the [[Shiawassee District Library]] branch.

==Education==
The former [[John Wesley College (Michigan)|John Wesley College]] began in 1949 as Owosso Bible College,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gute Hill Owosso, Michigan |url=https://shiawasseehistory.com/gute.html |access-date=26 July 2023 |website=shiawasseehistory.com}}</ref> and closed in 1981.

Education is provided by the [[Owosso Public Schools]], which owns the historic [[Lincoln School (Owosso, Michigan)|Lincoln School]] on Michigan Avenue south of [[M-21 (Michigan highway)|M-21]]. [[Owosso High School]] is the sole high school in the city.

Salem Lutheran School is a grade school (Pre-K-8) of the [[Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod]] in Owosso.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Salem Lutheran School - Home |url=http://www.salemowosso.org/site/default.asp?sec_id=180019987 |website=www.salemowosso.org}}</ref>

==Transportation==
===Roads===
*{{jct|state=MI|M|21}} runs east and west through the city
*{{jct|state=MI|M|52}} runs north and south through the city
*{{jct|state=MI|M|71}} runs diagonally, southeast and northwest, terminating at M-21

===City Bus Service===
The Shiawassee Area Transportation Agency (SATA) provides city bus service.  The majority of buses are lift-equipped, and the service operates from 6:00&nbsp;a.m. to 10:00&nbsp;p.m. on Mondays through Fridays.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-08-19 |title=MDOT - Shiawassee Area Transportation Agency |url=http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,1607,7-151-9625_21607-164361--,00.html |access-date=2013-11-27 |publisher=Michigan.gov}}</ref>  The service also provides a single daily bus run to and from Perry, Michigan, and another to and from Durand, Michigan.

===Intercity Bus Service===
Owosso is the headquarters of [[Indian Trails]] Bus Lines, which provides regularly scheduled [[intercity bus service]] from Owosso to connect with points throughout Michigan and the U. S. Indian Trails also provides chartered bus service to and from points throughout the U. S.

===Air===
[[Owosso Community Airport]] provides a {{convert|4300|ft|m|adj=on}} long lighted runway for private planes and air taxi services.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 2, 2023 |title=KRNP: Owosso Community Airport |url=http://www.airnav.com/airport/krnp |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=airnav.com |publisher=AirNav, LLC}}</ref>

===Rail===
Owosso is the headquarters of the [[Great Lakes Central Railroad]], which provides freight service to Northern and Southern Michigan. It also provides chartered passenger rail service and tours through its association with Lake Central Rail Tours. Owosso was the location of three different railroad stations for different railroad companies: [[Ann Arbor Railroad (1895–1976)|Ann Arbor Railroad]] ([[Elberta, Michigan]] - [[Toledo, Ohio]]); [[New York Central Railroad]], ''nee'' [[Michigan Central]] ([[Bay City, Michigan|Bay City]] - [[Jackson, Michigan|Jackson]]) and [[Grand Trunk Western]] ([[Muskegon]] - [[Detroit]]).

==Notable people==
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* [[Alvin M. Bentley]], philanthropist, foreign service officer and U.S. Congressman<ref>{{Cite web |title=BENTLEY, Alvin Morell - Biographical Information |url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000391 |access-date=2013-11-27 |publisher=Bioguide.congress.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lawrence Kestenbaum |title=The Political Graveyard: Politicians Who Survived Assassination Attempts |url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/special/attempts.html}}</ref>
* [[Leann Birch]], developmental psychologist<ref>{{Cite news |last=Langer |first=Emily |title=Leann Birch, Scientist Who Came to the Aid of Picky Eaters and Their Parents, Dies at 72 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/leann-birch-scientist-who-came-to-the-aid-of-picky-eaters-and-their-parents-dies-at-72/2019/06/12/540a01da-8d20-11e9-8f69-a2795fca3343_story.html |access-date=2019-12-17 |work=Washington Post |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Chester Brewer]], athlete, Michigan State and Missouri football head coach and athletic director<ref>{{Cite web |title=Michigan State Announces 2000 Athletics Hall of Fame Class - Michigan State Official Athletic Site |url=http://msuspartans.cstv.com/genrel/021700aaa.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080530183500/http://msuspartans.cstv.com/genrel/021700aaa.html |archive-date=2008-05-30 |access-date=2007-07-01}}</ref>
* [[Diane Carey]], author
* [[John J. Cavanaugh]], C.S.C., fourteenth president of the [[University of Notre Dame]] and informal chaplain to the [[Kennedy family]].
* [[James Oliver Curwood]], conservationist and author
* [[Thomas E. Dewey]], lawyer, author, and politician, [[Governor of New York]], 1944 and 1948 Republican presidential candidate
* [[Frederick Carl Frieseke]], [[American Impressionist]] artist<ref name="biaa">{{Cite web |last=Gerdts |first=William H |author-link=William H. Gerdts |title=Frederick Carl Frieseke 1874 |url=http://www.butlerart.com/pc_book/pages/frederick_carl_frieseke_1874.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120153200/http://butlerart.com/pc_book/pages/frederick_carl_frieseke_1874.htm |archive-date=20 November 2010 |access-date=3 February 2011 |website=[[Butler Institute of American Art]]}}</ref><ref name="dbd">Dearinger, p. 214.</ref><ref name="dfh122">Hoopes, p. 122.</ref><ref name="dfh149">Hoopes, p. 149.</ref><ref name="en">Neuhaus, p. 269.</ref>
* [[Sanford M. Green]], Michigan jurist and legislator<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sanford Green |url=http://www.micourthistory.org/justices/sanford-green/ |website=www.micourthistory.org}}</ref>
* [[Alfred D. Hershey]], bacteriologist and co-winner of the 1969 Nobel Prize in medicine/physiology<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alfred D. Hershey - Biographical |url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1969/hershey-bio.html |publisher=Nobel Media AB}}</ref>
* [[Etta Doane Marden]] (1851-1946), American missionary in Turkey, 1881-1925
* [[Mel Schacher]], member of the rock bands [[? and the Mysterians]] and [[Grand Funk Railroad]]<ref name="All About Jazz">{{Cite web |last=All About Jazz |date=12 August 2024 |title=All About Jazz |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=13605}}</ref>
* [[Scott Kinsey]], keyboardist and member of the band [[Tribal Tech]]
* [[Rob Oliver]], Emmy-nominated animation director for ''The Simpsons''
* [[Cora Taylor]], co-founder of Owosso's Indian Trails Bus Line<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Ballplayers - Bill Graham |url=https://baseballbiography.com/bill-graham-1884 |website=baseballbiography.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bill Graham St. Louis Browns St. Louis American League pitcher Baseball cards 1909 Posters and Prints |url=http://www.rainfall.com/posters/baseballcards/18422.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031103143302/http://www.rainfall.com/posters/baseballcards/18422.htm |archive-date=2003-11-03 |website=www.rainfall.com}}</ref>
* [[C. W. Thornthwaite|C. Warren Thornthwaite]], Professor of Climatology at Johns Hopkins University
* [[John Tomac]], bicycle racer and builder<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 18, 2005 |title=Bradlee Van Pelt, QB, Colorado State |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/2004draft/Van%20pelt,Bradlee-QB-Colorado%20State.htm |work=USA Today}}</ref>
* [[Brad Van Pelt]], football player, Michigan State and 14-year NFL career, 5-time Pro Bowl selection
* [[Bradlee Van Pelt]], football player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alice Fisher - Biography |url=https://www.askart.com/artist_bio/artist/11008297/artist.aspx |website=www.askart.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=SIRIS - Smithsonian Institution Research Information System |url=http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=118366C14DI75.9040&profile=ariall&uri=link=3100006~!364958~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ri=7&source=~!siartinventories&term=Fisher,+Alice+Rogers,+b.+1882,+painter.&index=AUTHOR#focus |website=siris-artinventories.si.edu}}</ref>
* [[Lloyd R. Welch]], Professor Emeritus at the University of Southern California<ref>{{Cite web |title=Awards |url=https://viterbischool.usc.edu/awards/ |website=USC Viterbi &#124; School of Engineering}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=American Scientist Online |url=http://www.americanscientist.org/template/BookReviewTypeDetail/assetid/14293;jsessionid=baa9... |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527045503/http://www.americanscientist.org/template/BookReviewTypeDetail/assetid/14293;jsessionid=baa9... |archive-date=27 May 2016 |access-date=18 January 2017 |website=AmericanScientist.org}}</ref>
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==See also==
* [[List of sundown towns in the United States]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
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* {{Official website|http://ci.owosso.mi.us/ }}

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[[Category:Sundown towns in Michigan]]
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