Local Wiki
Osage County
Official County Record
Official source, last checked Sep 7, 2026- Board of County Commissioners meets
- Tuesdays at 9:00 a.m. (if holiday, meets Wednesday).
- Meeting location
- Commission Chambers, Osage County Courthouse, 717 Topeka Avenue, Lyndon, KS 66451.
- County Clerk
- Michelle Morris · 717 Topeka Ave., Lyndon, KS 66451
- Agendas posted at
- https://www.osageco.org/commissioners
- Board of County Commissioners
- Board of County Commissioners consisting of 3 members elected by district: Heather Kuder (Chair), Leslie D. Holman, Brandon Smith.
Other Known Local Governments Here
These local governments — special-purpose districts, and smaller incorporated cities and towns — are known to exist in this area, but haven’t been individually researched yet, so there’s no meeting info or contacts on file. Listed here as a starting point if you want to look into one yourself; where we could confirm an official website, the name links there. More may exist here than are listed.
Cities (9)
- Burlingame (official website, opens in a new tab)
- Carbondale (official website, opens in a new tab)
- Lyndon
- Melvern
- Olivet
- Osage City (official website, opens in a new tab)
- Overbrook (official website, opens in a new tab)
- Quenemo
- Scranton
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024 · Website links from the official .gov registry and the Census Bureau’s 2022 Government Units listing, checked September 2026
School districts (5)
- Burlingame Public School
- Lyndon
- Marais Des Cygnes Valley
- Osage City
- Santa Fe Trail
Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only
Emergency services districts (10)
- Coffey County Fire District 1
- Osage County Rural Fire District #1
- Osage County Rural Fire District #2
- Osage County Rural Fire District #3
- Osage County Rural Fire District #4
- Osage County Rural Fire District #5
- Osage County Rural Fire District #6
- Quenemo Fire Dist
- Reading Benefit District 1
- Scranton Fire Department
Source: Kansas Fire Districts (Kansas Forest Service)