Osowaw Junction, Florida

U.S. Route 441 as it runs through Osowaw Junction.

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.

Overview

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]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Osowaw Junction". www.abandonedfl.com. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
  2. ^ "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


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