In In 1854,
the Ohio and
Mississippi
Railroad
Company
completed
the railroad
line through
Ripley
County.
In 1856, George W. Cochran bought the land from Henry Papet and began laying
out a town between
Napoleon and Versailles.
A plank road was built
from oak boards between
the towns.
The initial town began
on the south side of the
railroad.The town was named after
Mr. A.L. Osgood, a chief
engineer for the Ohio
and Mississippi Railroad
who was in charge of the
surveying crew.
In 1878 Osgood became an
incorporated town.
Buckeye street,
the current main street,
was a part of the plank
road between Napoleon
and Versailles. In 1898
it was piked with stone.
In 1914 and
1915 - 1200
feet of
Buckeye
Street was
paved with
brick for a
total cost
of
$8,858.80.
Years later the brick on
Buckeye was covered by
the State Highway
Department. However, Ripley Street
remains a brick street
and was newly
refurbished during the
end of 1993.
