U.S. Route 441 as it runs through Osowaw Junction.
Overviewedit
Osowaw's name comes from the Seminole word for "bird". In 1914 a train station was built here several miles north of Fort Drum in the Kissimmee Valley Extension line of the Florida East Coast Railroad.The town had a stable growing population and by 1921 the town got a public school. Osowaw was a citrus town with tangerine and orange groves. [1] The town vanished when the rail line was abandoned.[2]
Referencesedit
^"Osowaw Junction". www.abandonedfl.com. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
^"Osowaw Junction - Ghost Town". www.ghosttowns.com. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
osowaw, junction, florida, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, . This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Osowaw Junction Florida news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2016 Learn how and when to remove this message Osowaw Junction is a ghost town in Okeechobee County Florida United States located about 9 miles away from Yeehaw Junction The current main road through the former community is US Route 441 U S Route 441 as it runs through Osowaw Junction Overview editOsowaw s name comes from the Seminole word for bird In 1914 a train station was built here several miles north of Fort Drum in the Kissimmee Valley Extension line of the Florida East Coast Railroad The town had a stable growing population and by 1921 the town got a public school Osowaw was a citrus town with tangerine and orange groves 1 The town vanished when the rail line was abandoned 2 References edit Osowaw Junction www abandonedfl com Retrieved February 4 2024 Osowaw Junction Ghost Town www ghosttowns com Retrieved March 23 2016 27 34 46 N 80 50 05 W 27 57944 N 80 83472 W 27 57944 80 83472 This article about a location in Okeechobee County Florida is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Osowaw Junction Florida amp oldid 1203689491, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
