Osceola County

Osceola County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa.  The county seat is Sibley, named for H. H. Sibley of Minnesota.  Osceola County was formed in 1871. It was named after the eponymous chief of the Seminole, Osceola. It is the smallest and most recent county in Iowa. In the same year the first settler arrived, Captain Eldred Huff, and laid his claim. On January 1, 1872, the county government conferred for the first time. The first courthouse, constructed of wood, was built in November of the following year and simultaneously served as the conference chamber, school and church. In September 1903, the second courthouse was finished and was wired for electricity in October, 1915.