Place:Osseo, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States

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NameOsseo
TypeCity
Coordinates45.117°N 93.4°W
Located inHennepin, Minnesota, United States
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Osseo is a small city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 2,688.

It is said that "Osseo" derives from the Ojibwe name waaseyaa meaning "there is light" (more commonly translated as "Son of the Evening Star"). Henry Wadsworth Longfellow mentions Osseo in his poem The Song of Hiawatha.

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