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Olean is an
unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in Brown Township, Ripley County, in the
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of
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.


History

Olean was laid out in 1858. The community was named after
Olean, New York Olean ( ) is a Administrative divisions of New York#City, city in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States. Olean is the largest city in Cattaraugus County and serves as its financial, business, transportation and entertainment center. It is ...
. A post office was established at Olean in 1844, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1905. St. Paul Lutheran Church in Olean was recognized by the Indiana Senate in 2007 on its 150th anniversary.


Geography

Olean lies on Indiana State Road 129 about south of
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and Versailles State Park. Cross Plains is south of Olean, and
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about southeast.


References

Unincorporated communities in Ripley County, Indiana Unincorporated communities in Indiana {{RipleyCountyIN-geo-stub