Oso, Washington

About Oso

Oso is a small unincorporated community in northern Washington.

Oso holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 2.8 square miles.

📰 Oso News Today

• Remembering the Oso landslide: 43 lives lost 12 years ago MyNorthwest.com · Mar 22
• Oso Strong: Remembering the Deadly 2014 Washington Landslide 12 Years Later Lynnwood Times · Mar 22
• Landslide and Barrier Lake near Oso, Washington NASA Science (.gov) · Dec 1
• A decade after Oso landslide, WA has mapped a third of the state for landslide risks The Seattle Times · Dec 14
• Oso landslide remembered 12 years after deadliest disaster in US history FOX 13 Seattle · Mar 22

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What Makes Oso Unique

• The only place in America named Oso — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• One of the northernmost communities in the lower 48 states.
• Positioned in northern Washington, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 10 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Oso

• Oso Slide Memorial reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Oso

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