Osborne is a city in Osborne County, Kansas, United States. It is also the county seat of Osborne County. In 2010, 1,431 people lived there.
History
People from southeastern Pennsylvania created Osborne City in May 1871. They named the settlement after Vincent B. Osborne, a Union Army veteran of the American Civil War. Osborne County also is named after him. Osborne City became the permanent county seat in November 1872. In May 1873, a district judge officially said it was a city, but the townspeople did not create a government. Five years later, a second attempt was successful, and the settlement incorporated as a city in 1878. "City" was dropped from its name by the mid-1890s.
A bridge was built at Osborne over the Solomon River in 1878.
Geography
Osborne is at (39.440651, -98.697118). It has an elevation of . It is at the intersection of U.S. Route 281 and U.S. Route 24 in north-central Kansas. It is about northwest of Wichita, west-northwest of Kansas City, and east of Denver.
Osborne is on the north side of the South Fork Solomon River in the Smoky Hills region of the Great Plains. The Osborne Canal, which is part of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Webster Unit Project, goes east along the northern edge of the city.
The United States Census Bureau says that the city has a total area of . All of it is land.
Weather
On average in Osborne, July is the warmest month, January is the coldest month, and May is the wettest month. The hottest temperature ever in Osborne was 116 °F (47 °C) in 1940; the coldest temperature ever was -31 °F (-35 °C) in 1989.
People
2010 census
The 2010 census says that there were 1,431 people, 633 households, and 390 families living in Osborne.
Government
Osborne is a city of the second class. It has a mayor-council form of government.
Infrastructure
Osborne Municipal Airport is southeast of the city. It is used mostly for general aviation.
Osborne is the western endpoint of a line of the Kyle Railroad. The city is also the northwestern endpoint of a railroad of the Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad.
Media
The Osborne County Farmer is the local newspaper. It is published once per week.
Osborne is in the Wichita-Hutchinson, Kansas television market.