Osage is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Monongalia County,
West Virginia
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, United States. It lies across the
Monongahela River
The Monongahela River ( , ), sometimes referred to locally as the Mon (), is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed August 15, 2011 river on the Allegheny Plateau in nor ...
from
Morgantown.
The community was named after the
Osage Indians.
File:Street scene. Osage, West Virginia. - NARA - 540312 (cropped).tif, 1946 Street scene in Osage
References
Morgantown metropolitan area
Unincorporated communities in Monongalia County, West Virginia
Unincorporated communities in West Virginia
Coal towns in West Virginia
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