Osgood’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Osgood. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Osgood was platted in 1854 when the railroad was extended to that point. The town was named for A. L. Osgood, a railroad official. A post office called Osgood has been in operation since 1855. In the 1890s, Osgood was a sundown town, where African Americans were not allowed to reside. By then, Osgood was still much more closely connected to Cincinnati than Indianapolis in terms of trade.
In 1999, the community received a $23 million bequest from the Gilmore and Golda Reynolds Foundation, which was established by two lifelong Osgood residents to assist the town government as well as local non-profit organizations.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Osgood’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Osgood’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewSt. John's Catholic Church and re…, 1900: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Osgood, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Osgood is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Osgood has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Straber Ford Bridge in Center, 4 miles away.
Osgood and the nearest listed places
Closest to Osgood
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as St. John's Catholic Church and rectory (1900) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.