Osage County, Kansas

Osage County (county code OS) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. In 2010, 16,295 people lived there. Its county seat is Lyndon. Its most populous city is Osage City. The county was originally organized in 1855 as Weller County, and was renamed in 1859 after the Osage River that runs through it, which is itself named for the Osage Native American Tribe.
History.
In 1859, Osage County was created.
Geography.
The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that, is land and (2.0%) is water.
People.
Osage County is included in the Topeka Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Government.
Presidential elections.
Osage County is strongly Republican. In only six presidential elections from 1888 to the present day has the county failed to back the Republican Party candidate, most recently in Lyndon B. Johnson's national landslide. of 1964.
Media.
Osage County is served by a weekly newspaper, "The Osage County Herald-Chronicle" is a weekly newspaper for Osage County. The newspaper publishes about 4,500 papers, making it the 3rd biggest paid weekly newspaper in the state of Kansas.
The Herald-Chronicle was created by the merger of The Osage County Herald and The Osage County Chronicle in February 2007.