City of Osage Beach Osage Beach is a town/city in Camden and Miller counties in the U.S.
Most of the town/city is in Camden County, while a small easterly sliver is in Miller County.
The city, known today as Osage Beach, was originally titled Zebra, Missouri.
In 1935, inhabitants of the town/city changed the postal service designation to Osage Beach, but no official boundaries were formulated until the early 1960s.
The group lobbied for incorporation stating that with a burgeoning improve certain services could only be afforded to the citizens through small-town government organization; for instance, sanitation, fire and police protection, street development, sewage and water service, and even the right to serve liquor-by-the-drink through town/city liquor licensing.
Tourists were becoming more common to the region as entertainment and lake activities interval in popularity, many inhabitants were moving in permanently, new businesses were forming, and the group feared without incorporation Osage Beach did not progress and ultimately would lose its identity as the Lake's biggest and most progressive recreational area.
In the spring of 1965, voters allowed the second and final incorporation of the City of Osage Beach and a fourth class town/city was created or more appropriately stated re-created.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 10.33 square miles (26.75 km2), of which, 9.75 square miles (25.25 km2) is territory and 0.58 square miles (1.50 km2) is water. The town/city is positioned on the shores of the Lake of the Ozarks.
As of the census of 2010, there were 4,351 citizens , 2,038 homeholds, and 1,166 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 93.6% White, 1.1% African American, 0.6% Native American, 1.1% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 2.4% from other competitions, and 1.1% from two or more competitions.
There were 2,038 homeholds of which 19.9% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 44.3% were married couples living together, 8.0% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.0% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 42.8% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 48.9 years.
15.8% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 8.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 20.2% were from 25 to 44; 31.3% were from 45 to 64; and 24% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 3,662 citizens , 1,687 homeholds, and 1,035 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 97.35% White, 0.76% African American, 0.41% Native American, 0.49% Asian, 0.16% from other competitions, and 0.82% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,687 homeholds out of which 19.1% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 51.2% were married couples living together, 7.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 38.6% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 16.0% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 29.3% from 45 to 64, and 20.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $38,448, and the median income for a family was $49,554.
About 4.5% of families and 6.7% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 5.3% of those under age 18 and 6.4% of those age 65 or over.
While Camden County is part of the Springfield tv market, Miller County is part of the Columbia/Jefferson City market.
Direc - TV and Dish Network subscribers in the town/city receive Springfield stations, mainly because the bulk of the town/city is in Camden County.
Osage Beach is home to Lake Regional Hospital.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Municipalities and communities of Camden County, Missouri, United States Municipalities and communities of Miller County, Missouri, United States
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