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TheOsceolaSquare

Osceola’s own town square. Real neighbors, every neighbor’s post read first, and no algorithm.

This week in Osceola

About Osceola

Osceola got its start in August 1851, when three county commissioners picked this rise of land for Clarke County's seat and bought it from George W. How for one hundred dollars. The square at its heart has been rebuilt again and again: dozens of fires swept downtown from 1874 on, and each time merchants came back with brick, wider gaps between buildings and cornices tucked out of the flames' reach. The 1872 Italianate Masonic Building still anchors the square, the 1956 courthouse sits in the middle of it, and the water tower raised west of the square in 1957 to fight those fires still watches over it. Down on Main Street the Burlington railroad's 1907 Prairie-style brick depot, carefully restored and reopened in 2016, keeps the California Zephyr stopping here daily, and passengers can read the big OSCEOLA letters from the train window. Since 2018 the downtown has been on the National Register of Historic Places, and in 2026 the town is marking 175 years with markets, Halloween on the square and Christmas in the Park.

Along Main St

  • American State Bank · 101 N Main St
  • El Vallarta Mexican Restaurant & Bar · 112 N Main St
  • La Pequena Tienda Y Taqueria · 112 N Main St
  • Casey's · 114 N Main St
  • Snap Fitness · 115 N Main St
  • amtrak Osceola ia · 251 N Main St
  • T.J. Towing & Automotive · 800 N Main St
  • Cuban Flavor · 810 N Main St
  • JRP Mobile Repair Shop · 920 N Main St
  • Absolute Outdoor Service · 930 N Main St
  • SKE & SEE Mini Rentals · 1013 N Main St
  • Osceola Veterinary Clinic · 1030 N Main St
  • Clarke Electric Co-op Inc · 1103 N Main St
  • Galactic deals & auctions Osceola Iowa · 1403 N Main St
  • Treasures On Main Osceola Iowa · 1403 N Main St
  • D&R Feed · 1415 N Main St
  • Cross Ministries · 1610 N Main St
  • Lumber Specialties - Osceola · 1805 N Main St
  • Plum Building Systems · 1805 N Main St
  • calvary bible church · 2225 N Main St
  • Harvest of Hope Community Church · 2225 N Main St
  • Osceola Seventh-Day Adventist Church · 2302 N Main St
  • Cathy's Body Shop and Used Cars · 2326 N Main St
  • Osceola Eagles, Aerie #3495 · 2329 N Main St
  • Fraternal Order Of Eagles · 2329 N Main St
  • East Side Automotive · 2508 N Main St
  • Clarke County Auditor · 100 S Main St Ste 1
  • Clarke County Courthouse · 100 S Main St
  • Clarke County Emergency Management · 100 S Main St
  • Clarke County Veterans Affairs · 100 S Main St

Walk Osceola: every shop on the map

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