Osceola, Arkansas Osceola, Arkansas Mississippi County Courthouse copper dome is visible among mature trees as seen from the Hale Avenue Historic District, the courthouse grounds and chief entrance, the Mississippi River at Sans Souci landing, Mississippi County Library, Osceola High School Mississippi County Courthouse copper dome is visible among mature trees as seen from the Hale Avenue Historic District, the courthouse grounds and chief entrance, the Mississippi River at Sans Souci landing, Mississippi County Library, Osceola High School Location in Mississippi County and the state of Arkansas Location in Mississippi County and the state of Arkansas County Mississippi Osceola is a town/city in and one of the two county seats of Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States. Located along the Mississippi River inside the Arkansas delta, the settlement was established in 1837 and incorporated in 1853.
Occupying an meaningful locale on the river, the city's economy interval as steamboat traffic increased.
During the prehistoric period, Osceola and Mississippi County was largely swampland, with dense forest cover.
An extremely intense New Madrid earthquake swarm, produced by the New Madrid Seismic Zone close-by in present-day Missouri, hit the region in 1811-1812.
Following closing speculation and settlement in the region in the years after the earthquakes, two settlers, William Bard Edrington and John Price Edrington negotiated the acquisition of Native American huts along the Mississippi River.
Farmers from other cotton states began to relocate to Mississippi County and throughout the Arkansas Delta, bringing slaves, "King Cotton" culture and the plantation agriculture lifestyle with them.
Osceola firmly supported secession in 1861, and raised a volunteer business called the Osceola Hornets to fight for the Confederacy.
Osceola saw thousands of Union troops enter the region in 1862 in preparation to assault Fort Pillow and Memphis.
On the river, the Battle of Plum Point Bend took place between the Confederate River Defense Fleet and the Union Mississippi River Squadron in 1862.
Osceola itself was mostly subject to raids from both armies and guerrilla warfare that resulted in burning, pillaging and damage throughout the city.
Whitecapping by the Ku Klux Klan and other groups promoted a lawless atmosphere in Mississippi County.
Violent encounters with ethnic tensions were common in Mississippi County and throughout the Arkansas Delta.
An extreme example from Mississippi County was nicknamed the Black Hawk War.
The ethnic violence and lawlessness continued to esclate, eventually resulting in Governor Powell Clayton declaring Mississippi County and thirteen other counties under martial law from November 1868 until March 1869.
Osceola is the governmental center of county of Mississippi County, and is also the seat of one of two judicial districts.
Anchoring the town square is the 1912 neoclassical Mississippi County Courthouse, which a copper roofed dome.
Visitors will also find the Mississippi County Historical Center positioned in a 1904 building that once homed a dry goods store.
Osceola is famous for its part in the evolution of blues music, and many famous blues musicians either came from Osceola or performed there.
To jubilate this heritage, Main Street Osceola has been hosting the Osceola Heritage Festival since 1998.
Osceola is positioned at 35 42 8 N 89 58 33 W (35.702276, -89.975807). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 9.7 square miles (25 km2), all land.
Flat fields in cultivation, such as this one in Osceola, are typical athwart the Arkansas Delta The county is positioned in the Arkansas Delta, one of the six major geographic regions of Arkansas.
The Arkansas Delta is a subregion of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, which is a flat region consisting of rich, fertile sediment deposits from the Mississippi River between Louisiana and Illinois.
Osceola is inside the New Madrid Seismic Zone, a primary seismic zone and a prolific origin of intraplate earthquakes.
Mississippi River at Sans Souci Landing The easterly edge of Osceola is the Mississippi River, which is also the state border between Arkansas and Tennessee.
The river has provided opportunity for the Osceola since it was established as a waypoint for river travelers in 1833. Steamboats allowed Osceola to continue to leverage its position on the river as a shipping port for timber and cotton from the encircling fields.
Although critical to the expansion and evolution of Osceola, the river has also been a origin of adversity for the community.
The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, the most destructive river flood in the history of the United States, and another flood in 1937 both damaged Osceola decidedly , displacing hundreds of people and ruining crops.
Climate data for Osceola, Arkansas As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 7,757 citizens residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 53.9% Black, 41.9% White, 0.1% Native American, 0.2% Asian, 0.1% from some other race and 1.3% from two or more competitions.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 47.39% White, 51.03% Black or African American, 0.10% Native American, 0.25% Asian, 0.41% from other competitions, and 0.82% from two or more competitions.
In the city, the age distribution of the populace shows 29.4% under the age of 18, 11.0% from 18 to 24, 26.4% from 25 to 44, 19.3% from 45 to 64, and 11.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
The mayor is propel by a citywide election to serve as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the town/city by presiding over all town/city functions, policies, rules and laws.
The town/city council consists of six members who form the legislative body for the city.
Public education for early childhood, elementary and secondary students is provided by the Osceola School District, which leads students to graduate from Osceola High School.
Hale in the former Mississippi County Bank building The City of Osceola Public Works Department contains seven subdivisions responsible for providing essential town/city services to the people and businesses of Osceola.
A municipally-owned entity titled Osceola Power & Light homes the Electric, Street and Sanitation, and Water & Wastewater departments.
Osceola Municipal Light & Power provides power to customers inside Osceola, and some close-by customers beyond the town/city limits via a distribution fitness they own and operate.
Osceola's origin for drinking water is the Wilcox Aquifer, positioned 1,500 feet (460 m) beneath the city.
The water is then clarified, filtered and held in ground storage tanks (600,000 US gallons (2,300,000 L) total capacity) before being pumped into a 120 feet (37 m), 1.25-million-US-gallon (4,700,000 L) elevated storage tank, which set the city's static water pressure. The town/city owns and operates approximately 45 miles (72 km) of water mains, ranging in diameter from 2 16 inches (51 406 mm) with an average static pressure of 52 pounds per square inch (360 k - Pa).
Osceola experiences an average demand of 1.75 million US gallons (6,600,000 L) per day. A wellhead protection ordinance has been in effect since 2002.
Wastewater ultimately reaches the Osceola Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTF), which has a design capacity of 2.5 million US gallons (9,500,000 L) per day.
At the WWTF, influent wastewater is treated in faculative lagoons in accordance with the city's NPDES permit administrated by the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ). Water is treated inside the lagoons for two to four months before being discharged to the Mississippi River via a pumping station.
Dave Wallace, Arkansas state representative; former Osceola resident Butler Center for Arkansas Studies at the Central Arkansas Library System.
"Average weather for Osceola, Arkansas".
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"Authorization to Discharge Wastewater Under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System and the Arkansas Water and Air Pollution Control Act" (PDF).
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