Unattended Death and Biohazard Cleanup in Osage, IA

Osage is the county seat of Mitchell County in northern Iowa, in a county that borders Minnesota and was founded in 1851.

Osage was first platted in 1854 and was meant to be named 'Cora' after the founder's eldest daughter, but the name was never recorded; the town was soon renamed Osage in honor of Massachusetts banker Orrin Sage, who gave $2,000 and 600 acres of land to its library fund.

Dr. S. B. Chase platted the present city of Osage in the spring of 1856 and set out maple trees to line its streets, which is why Osage is still known as the 'City of Maples.'

Osage was incorporated on April 14, 1871.

Osage had 3,627 residents at the 2020 census, living in 1,620 households.

A four-block stretch of Osage's Main Street, which is 100 feet wide and lined with masonry commercial buildings from the late 1800s and early 1900s, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002 as the Osage Commercial Historic District.

Osage's City Hall occupies the former Sage Library Building, constructed in 1910 after a $10,000 gift from Andrew Carnegie; the first library building in town dated to 1876.

Spring Park, a destination park along the Cedar River since 1894 that was deeded to the city in 1938, is best known for its encased spring whose water is potable, and the 2-mile Harry Cook Nature Trail connects it to Osage.

The Watts Theatre in Osage opened in 1950 showing the film Dancing in the Dark, and after a full restoration it reopened on June 14, 1994 showing the very same film.

The Cedar River Complex in Osage combines an events center, a wellness center, an auditorium and the Mitchell County Historical Museum under one roof.