MEET OUR LEADERS
Eddie Virden
Sheriff
Gary Upton
Undersheriff
Kevin Young
Chief Deputy
Darrell Jordan
Jail Administrator
RECENT PRESS RELEASES
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Osage County Sheriff’s Office Joins National OffenderWatch Sex Offender Network
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Pawhuska, OK. (July 8th, 2024)—The Osage County Sheriff’s Office announced today that it has joined the nationwide OffenderWatch sex offender registry network, which enables interagency collaboration on investigations and sharing of critical information involving registered sex offenders with other local law enforcement agencies across the country. In addition, residents of Osage County…
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Osage County Sheriff’s Office Announces Arrest of OCSO Jail Deputy for bringing contraband into the Jail
*Press Release* Pawhuska, OK – May 23, 2024 – The Osage County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO) reports the arrest of Deputy David Shawn Lynd for introducing contraband into the Osage County Jail, located at 900 St. Paul, Pawhuska, Oklahoma. Deputy Lynd has been immediately suspended from employment at the Sheriff’s Office in response to the allegations.…
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Osage County Sheriff’s Office to participate in Click It or Ticket Mobilization
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Osage County Sheriff’s Office to participate in Click It or Ticket Mobilization OSAGE COUNTY, OK – May 14, 2024 – Sheriff Eddie Virden announces that the Osage County Sheriff’s Office will be participating the Oklahoma Highway Safety Office Click It Ticket mobilization from May 20th to June 2nd. This campaign, supported by…
Welcome To Osage County
Oklahoma’s Largest County
At the Osage County Sheriff’s Office, our mission is to be the foundation on which everyone in Osage County may thrive, by strengthening public trust and ensuring safe, secure environments through quality, professional law enforcement.
Osage County is the largest county by area in the state of Oklahoma. Created in 1907 when Oklahoma was admitted as a state, the county is named for and is home to the federally recognized Osage Nation. The county is coextensive with the Osage Nation Reservation, established by treaty in the 19th century when the Osage relocated there from Kansas. The county seat is in Pawhuska, one of the first three towns established in the county. The total population of the county as of 2020 was 45,818.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 2,304 square miles (5,970 km2), of which 2,246 square miles (5,820 km2) is land and 58 square miles (150 km2) (2.5%) is water. Most of the county is in the Osage Plains, and consists of open prairie. The eastern part of the county contains the Osage Hills, an extension of the Flint Hills in Kansas. Tallgrass Prairie Preserve is north of Pawhuska.
