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Owosso is the largest city in Shiawassee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 15,194 at the 2010 census. The city is mostly surrounded by Owosso Township on its west, but the two are administered autonomously. The city was named after Chief Wosso, an Ojibwe leader of the Shiawassee area.

Owosso city overview:
Name:	Owosso city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Michigan
County:	Shiawassee County
Incorporated:	1859
Elevation:	738 ft (225 m)
Total Area:	5.39 sq mi (13.96 km²)
Land Area:	5.25 sq mi (13.59 km²)
Water Area:	0.14 sq mi (0.37 km²)
Total Population:	14,714
Population Density:	2,803.73/sq mi (1,082.47/km²)
Area code:	989
FIPS code:	2661940
GNISfeature ID:	1626875

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History

Alfred L. and Benjamin O. Williams were early European-American settlers in the area. They were joined by Elias Comstock, who built the first permanent home in the settlement. Dr. John B. Barnes, a physician and a judge, and Sophronia King Barnes moved to Owosso in 1842. They lived on Oliver and Water streets where they operated an Underground Railroad waystation, where they provided aid and shelter for enslaved African Americans.

Owosso was incorporated as a city in 1859, at which time it had 1000 people. The city’s first mayor was Amos Gould, a judge originally from New York. Many other settlers also migrated across the Northern Tier from New York and New England. In 1876, the city organized its fire department.

The pattern of settlement and migration resulted in a majority-white city. In the 1950s, Owosso was reported by a major Montgomery, Alabama, newspaper to be a sundown town, where African Americans were not allowed to live or stay overnight.

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Geography

The city is on the Shiawassee River.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.39 square miles (13.96 km), of which 5.25 square miles (13.60 km) is land and 0.14 square miles (0.36 km) (2.60%) is water.

Climate

Owosso experiences frigid winters, with the last snow usually falling in April, typically Northern Midwestern spring thaws, balmy to hot summers, and colorful falls, with the first snows usually occurring sometimes in December but typically in January. Each year Owosso averages eleven days with temperatures below 0 °F (−18 °C), and nine days with temperatures above 90 °F (32 °C). Owosso averages twenty-nine inches of rain per year, and forty-one inches of snow. The average growing season in Owosso is 144 days.