Owasco is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

in Clay Township, Carroll County,

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. It is part of the

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History

A post office was established at Owasco in 1883. It was named after

Owasco Lake Owasco Lake is the sixth largest and third easternmost of the Finger Lakes of New York in the United States. It is part of the traditional territory of the Cayuga nation. History Owasco Lake's name may have been derived from the Iroquois word ' ...

, in New York.

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* Unincorporated communities in Carroll County, Indiana Unincorporated communities in Indiana Lafayette metropolitan area, Indiana {{CarrollCountyIN-geo-stub