Osawatomie

Featured view

Osawatomie

Total population

4,182

Median home value

$155,100

11.7%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$66,991

Osawatomie$67k

National$74k

Weather94°F · Sunny

Coordinates38.50°, -94.95°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Osawatomie 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 and Pottawatomie Creek.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Osawatomie, KS from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Notable people from here

B

B. H. Born

American basketball player

Lafayette Russell

American football player and actor (1905-1978)

William Herbert Carruth

American educator and poet

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Kansas

• Paola
  7.2 mi away · pop. 5,770
• Fontana
  7.7 mi away
• Lane
  8.4 mi away
• Somerset
  11.6 mi away
• Greeley
  13.4 mi away
• La Cygne
  14.5 mi away
• Linn Valley
  15.4 mi away
• Louisburg
  16.7 mi away
• Ottawa
  18.5 mi away · pop. 12,678
• Spring Hill
  19 mi away
• Garnett
  21.8 mi away
• Centropolis
  26.6 mi away

Browse all places in Kansas →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Osawatomie

As constant as the rivers

Margaret Hays · 2004

A town between two rivers

Charles A. Knouse · 1954

With John Brown in Kansas

Edward Payson Bridgman · 1915

With John Brown In Kansas

Edward Payson Bridgman · 2018

A manual and guide for nurses and hospital employees

Kansas. State hospital, Osawatomie. · 1934

Reform at Osawatomie State Hospital; treatment of the mentally ill, 1866-1970

Lowell Gish · 1972

Osawatomie Through The Camera

1904

The Civil War in Kansas

Debra Goodrich Bisel · 2012

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire BISON, Osage, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-08-21 · 136 mi
• Wildfire B.B, Osage, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-08-06 · 138 mi
• Wildfire WRIGHT, Hughes, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-08-29 · 235 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).