City Of Osgood Indiana

With a population of approximately 1,700, Osgood is quieter today than
it was when trains regularly traveled through town a century ago. In
1854, the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad Company completed a railroad
line through Ripley County. Two lears later,  George W. Cochran bought
some land from Henry Papet and began laying out a town between Napoleon
and Versailles. A plank road was built from oak boards between the
towns. The initial town began on the south side of the railroad, and
was named after Mr. A.L. Osgood, a chief engineer for the Ohio and
Mississippi Railroad, who was in charge of the surveying crew. By 1878,
Osgood had become an incorporated town.

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, 1,200 feet of Buckeye Street was paved with brick. Years
later the brick on Buckeye was covered by the State Highway Department;
however, Ripley Street remains a brick street and was refurbished in
1993.