- Source: Osowaw Junction, Florida
Osowaw Junction is a ghost town in Okeechobee County, Florida, United States located about 9 miles away from Yeehaw Junction. The current main road through the former community is US Route 441.
Overview
Osowaw's name comes from the Seminole word for "bird".
In 1914 a train station was built here several miles north of Fort Drum in the Kissimmee Valley Extension line of the Florida East Coast Railroad.The town had a stable growing population and by 1921 the town got a public school. Osowaw was a citrus town with tangerine and orange groves. The town vanished when the rail line was abandoned.
See also
List of ghost towns in Florida
References
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- Osowaw Junction, Florida
- U.S. Route 19 in Florida
- List of places in Florida: N-O
- List of ghost towns in Florida
