Osceola, Grant County, Wisconsin Explained

Osceola, Grant County
Settlement Type:	Ghost town
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	United States
Subdivision Type1:	State
Subdivision Name1:	Wisconsin
Unit Pref:	Metric
Population Density Km2:	auto

Osceola in Grant County, Wisconsin was an extensive city platted by James P. Cox in April of 1839 in part of the area which would eventually become Potosi. The elaborate project covering several square miles failed to attract support, although in 1838 a ferry landing was established at Osceola, and Cox and his partner Justus Parsons were granted authority to run a ferry to cross the Grant River and then the Mississippi River to a place called Parsons Landing in what would soon be declared Iowa Territory, which ferry would run for some years to come.^[1]

The abortive "City of Osceola" in 1841 became part of the new Village of Potosi.^[2]

Notes and References

1. History of Grant County, Wisconsin, containing an account of its settlement, growth, development and resources; an extensive and minute sketch of its cities, towns and villages, their improvements, industries, manufactories, churches, schools and societies; its war record, biographical sketches, portraits of prominent men and early settlers; the whole preceded by a history of Wisconsin, statistics of the state, and an abstract of its laws and constitution and of the constitution of the United States. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1881; p. 537
2. Holford, Castello N. History of Grant County, Wisconsin: Including Its Civil, Political, Geological, Mineralogical, Archaeological and Military History, and a History of the Several Towns Lancaster, Wisconsin: The Teller Print, 1900; pp 519-520