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Osceola is an unincorporated community in Warren County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. [1]

Warren County, Ohio County in the United States

Warren County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 212,693. Its county seat is Lebanon. The county was created on May 1, 1803 from Hamilton County; it is named for Dr. Joseph Warren, a hero of the Revolution who sent Paul Revere and the overlooked William Dawes on their famous rides and who died at the Battle of Bunker Hill.

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History

Osceola was platted in 1838, and named after Osceola, the leader of the Seminole in Florida. [2] Variant spellings have included "Oceola" and "Osseola". [1]

Plat scale map showing the divisions of a piece of land

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Osceola Billy Powell, leader of the Seminole in Florida

Osceola, named Billy Powell at birth in Alabama, became an influential leader of the Seminole people in Florida. Of mixed parentage, including Creek, Scottish, African American, and English, he was considered born to his mother's people in the Creek matrilineal kinship system. He was reared by her in the Creek tradition. When he was a child, they migrated to Florida with other Red Stick refugees after their group's defeat in 1814 in the Creek Wars. There they became part of what was known as the Seminole people.

The Seminole are a Native American people originally from Florida. Today, they principally live in Oklahoma with a minority in Florida, and comprise three federally recognized tribes: the Seminole Tribe of Oklahoma, the Seminole Tribe of Florida, and Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, as well as independent groups. The Seminole nation emerged in a process of ethnogenesis from various Native American groups who settled in Florida in the 18th century, most significantly northern Muscogee (Creeks) from what is now Georgia and Alabama. The word "Seminole" is derived from the Creek word simanó-li, which may itself be derived from the Spanish word cimarrón, meaning "runaway" or "wild one".

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References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Osceola
  2. ↑ "Warren County, Ohio Place Names". Warren County Genealogical Society. Retrieved 13 March 2018.

Coordinates: 39°20′30″N84°03′19″W / 39.34167°N 84.05528°W / 39.34167; -84.05528

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