Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Osseo came from various goverment sources (GNIS, FIPS), we also found mention of Osseo in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Osseo. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: When we started collecting data about Osseo, we were inconsistent about keeping track of where that data came from. As a result, this list of references and mentions is probably incomplete.

Along The Tracks, A Directory of Named Places on Michigan Railroads
Written by: Meints, Graydon M.
Published by Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University - 1987
(Available from Amazon.com)

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Osseo:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Rand McNally Map of Michigan (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Osseo is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Osseo. See our Misc Page for Osseo for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Osseo:

Osseo was mentioned in the following schedules:

New York Central Railroad Time Table (June 1941)

New York Central Railroad Time Table (April 1950)