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Osage,_New_Jersey Latitude and Longitude:

39°51′01″N 75°00′25″W / 39.85028°N 75.00694°W / 39.85028; -75.00694
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Osage, New Jersey
Osage is located in Camden County, New Jersey
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Osage
Location in Camden County (Inset: Camden County in New Jersey)
Osage is located in New Jersey
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Osage
Osage (New Jersey)
Osage is located in the United States
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Osage
Osage (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°51′01″N 75°00′25″W / 39.85028°N 75.00694°W / 39.85028; -75.00694
Country  United States
State  New Jersey
County Camden
Township Voorhees
Elevation
21 m (69 ft)
Time zone UTC−05:00 ( Eastern (EST))
 • Summer ( DST) UTC−04:00 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID879016 [1]

Osage is an unincorporated community located within the Echelon section of Voorhees Township in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [2] The name Osage derives from a small group of Indians of the Sioux tribe from the Midwestern United States that settled in the area. [3]

In the area of Osage is Osage Elementary School, one of four elementary schools in the township. Osage has over 500 students. It is located directly across from the Voorhees Town Center (formerly known as the Echelon Mall).

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Osage, New Jersey
  2. ^ Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed June 9, 2016.
  3. ^ "History of Voorhees". Voorhees Township website. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved July 6, 2011.