Osage County is a county in Oklahoma, United States, coextensive with the Osage Nation Reservation in the northeastern part of the state. It had a population of 45,818 at the 2020 census and covers 2,304 square miles (5,970 km2), of which 2,246 square miles (5,820 km2) are land, centred near 36\u00b038\u2032N 96\u00b024\u2032W.<\/p>\n
Pawhuska is the county seat, and its postal code is 74056. The county has 9 cities, 8 incorporated towns and a scatter of unincorporated communities and census-designated places, several dating from the early-1900s oil boom. Osage County sits in the Central time zone.<\/p>\n
Osage County is the largest county in Oklahoma by land area — bigger than Delaware — so its settlements are spread thin across open prairie and Osage Hills country. A handful of cities (Bartlesville, Ponca City, Sand Springs, Skiatook and Tulsa) have only a small edge of their built-up area inside the county; their populations are counted mostly in neighboring counties, so they are marked “part” below. CDPs are unincorporated but tracked separately by the Census Bureau. “Unincorp.” covers historic townsites, many tied to the 1910s–20s oil boom, with no formal municipal government today.<\/p>\n
| Place<\/th>\n | Type<\/th>\n | Pop.<\/th>\n | ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pawhuska<\/td>\n | City · seat<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 74056<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Barnsdall<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 74002<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Hominy<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 74035<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Shidler<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 74652<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Bartlesville (part)<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Ponca City (part)<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Sand Springs (part)<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Skiatook (part)<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Tulsa (part)<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Avant<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 74001<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Burbank<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 74633<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Fairfax<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 74637<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Foraker<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Grainola<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Osage<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 74054<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Prue<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 74060<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Wynona<\/td>\n | Town<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 74084<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Bowring<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| McCord<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Nelagoney<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Pershing<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Whippoorwill<\/td>\n | CDP<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Apperson<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Blackland<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Boulanger Landing<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Boulangerville<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Carter Nine<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Cooper<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Doga<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Fite<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Gilland<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Gray Horse<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Herd<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Hickory Hill<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Hulah<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Indian Village<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Kiheki<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Lep<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Little Chief<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Lyman<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Morgans Corner<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Myers<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Nanos<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| New Prue<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Nichols<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Oak Ridge<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Okesa<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Opah<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Osage Junction<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Pearsonia<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Remington<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Soldani<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Strohm<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Tallant<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Torpedo<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Webb City<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Wolco<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Woolaroc<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n Barnsdall was platted as “Bigheart” (named for Osage chief James Bigheart) and carried that name until a 1922 vote renamed it after oilman T.N. Barnsdall — the two are the same town, not separate places, so “Bigheart” is not listed twice above.<\/p>\n ZIP Codes<\/h2>\nTen ZIP codes cover the county; smaller unincorporated communities such as Foraker and Grainola use a neighboring town’s ZIP for mail.<\/p>\n Geography<\/h2>\nOsage County is rolling tallgrass prairie and the wooded Osage Hills, cut by the Arkansas River along its southern edge and Bird Creek through the east. Lake Hulah and the Osage Hills State Park lie in the north and east of the county. It shares a state line to the north with two Kansas counties, and borders five Oklahoma counties: Cowley County, Kansas<\/a> to the northwest, Chautauqua County, Kansas to the north, Washington County<\/a> to the east, Tulsa County<\/a> to the southeast, Pawnee County<\/a> to the southwest, and Kay County<\/a> and Noble County<\/a> to the west.<\/p>\n Osage County had 45,818 residents at the 2020 census, spread across 2,246 square miles of land for a density of about 20 people per square mile — among the least densely settled counties in eastern Oklahoma. Pawhuska and Skiatook’s in-county edge are the largest population centers. Median household income runs below the Oklahoma median of $62,138, reflecting the county’s rural, agriculture- and mineral-royalty-based economy.<\/p>\n Cattle ranching on the tallgrass prairie, oil and gas production, and Osage Nation mineral royalties anchor the county’s economy; the Osage Minerals Council still administers a communally-owned mineral estate under federal trust that is unique among U.S. counties. Woolaroc, the former ranch and museum of oilman Frank Phillips near Bartlesville, draws visitors to the county’s east side. Pawhuska’s downtown has drawn tourism tied to the Pioneer Woman brand (Ree Drummond’s Mercantile store and bakery). The Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, a Nature Conservancy bison range, sits north of Pawhuska.<\/p>\n Osage County was organized in 1907 at Oklahoma statehood, formed coextensive with the Osage Reservation the Osage Nation had purchased from the Cherokee in the 1870s after removal from Kansas. The 1920s Osage oil boom brought sudden wealth to Osage headright holders and, with it, the Osage Indian murders — a string of killings of Osage citizens for their mineral rights investigated by the fledgling FBI, later chronicled in “Killers of the Flower Moon.”<\/p>\n US-60, US-99\/State Highway 18 and State Highway 20 cross the county; Pawhuska sits about an hour northwest of Tulsa.<\/p>\n Tulsa International Airport, southeast of the county, is the nearest commercial airport.<\/p>\n Where is Osage County, Oklahoma?<\/strong> What is the population of Osage County?<\/strong> How big is Osage County?<\/strong> What is the county seat of Osage County?<\/strong> How many towns are in Osage County?<\/strong> |