![trains](/sites/default/files/styles/hero_banner_1900_x_450/public/2024-01/327181452_5667134966747431_4122326594995748515_n.jpg?h=5992a83f&itok=fzy0LxWX)
In 1854, the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad Company completed the railroad line through Ripley County.
![bridge](/sites/default/files/2024-01/hibrdge1dec03.jpg)
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.
![bridge](/sites/default/files/2024-01/underpass19102003.jpg)
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.
![town](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-01/osglumbposcrd.jpg?itok=P8bdd2rR)
Buckeye street, the current main street, was a part of the plank road between Napoleon and Versailles. In 1898 it was piked with stone.
![buckeye street](/sites/default/files/styles/embed_large_800/public/2024-01/buckestdec03.jpg?h=1b59ed55&itok=PiZ01G8K)
In 1914 and 1915 - 1200 feet of Buckeye Street was paved with brick for a total cost of $8,858.80.
![bricks](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-01/oldosgfdandnew2.jpeg?itok=W1h2Js3r)
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.
![bricks](/sites/default/files/styles/embed_medium/public/2024-01/smripleyst.jpg?h=957fc631&itok=7biTm7cO)