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Osgood, Indiana
 Center Township

Population of about 1665


Osgood is home to the Ripley County Fairgrounds, Damm Theatre, and to Gilmore and Golda Reynolds, who left their entire fortune to benefit Osgood

Other Features:
      Animal Shelter, Antique Shops, Attorneys Offices, Auto Dealerships, Auto Shops, Banks, Barber, Beauty Shops, Bed and Breakfasts, Churches, Community Center, Fairgrounds, Fire Department, Osgood Lions Club, Doctors, Flower Shops, Funeral Home, Water Department , Gas Utilities, Gas Stations, Gift Shops, Grocers, Farm Supplies Store, Furniture and Appliance Store, Insurance Agencies, Laundromat, Library, Nursing Home, Pharmacy, Post Office, Realty Companies, Rescue Unit, Restaurants, Jac-Cen-Del Schools Senior Citizen Living, Town Police, Variety Shops, and More

 

Home to the Damm Theatre

2007 Restoration Pictures

 Location: U.S. 421 and State Road

Link To Osgood:  http://www.osgoodindiana.org

Ripley County Census: http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/18/18137.html

Osgood Town Hall
History of Osgood - In 1854, the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad Company completed the railroad line through Ripley County.  In 1856, George W. Cochran bought the land from Henry Papet and began laying out a town between Napoleon and Versailles.  A plank road was built from oak boards between the town.
     The initial town began on the south side of the railroad.  The town was named after Mr. A. L. Osgood, a chief engineer for the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad who was in charge of the surveying crew.  Osgood became an incorporated town in 1878.  Buckeye Street, the current main street, was a part of the plank road between Napoleon and Versailles.  In 1898 it was piked with stone.  In 1914 and 1915, 1200 feet of Buckeye Street was paved with brick for a total cost of $8,858.80.  Years later the brick on Buckeye was covered by the State Highway Department.  However, Ripley Street remains a brick street and was refurbished during the end of 1993.  The historical Damm Theatre was opened October 24, 1914.  Local talent, was provided on Tuesday nights and the latest reels of moving pictures were shown on Thursday and Saturday for 5 or 10 cents.  On February 24, 1922, the Columbia Theatre was bought out and the Damm Theatre moved into the building and is still located there today, but is not in business at this time.