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Osceola County was formed in 1871. It was named after the eponymous chief of the Seminole. It is the smallest and most recent county in Iowa. In the same year the first settler arrived, Captain Eldred Huff, and laid his claim. On January 1, 1872, the county government conferred for the first time. The first courthouse, constructed of wood, was built in November of the following year and simultaneously served as the conference chamber, school and church. In September 1903, the second courthouse was finished and was wired for electricity in October, 1915.

On Line Data

Cities     Ashton     Harris     Melvin     Ocheyedan     Sibley Unincorporated communities     Allendorf     Cloverdale     May City Townships     Allison     Baker     East Holman     Fairview     Gilman     Goewey     Harrison     Horton     Ocheyedan     Viola     West Holman     Wilson

Osceola County Court House

Adjacent counties
    Nobles County, Minnesota (northwest)
    Jackson County, Minnesota (northeast)
    Dickinson County (east)
    O'Brien County (south)
    Lyon County (west)

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