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Nearest Communities to Olean,
Listed County-By-County

The purpose of this page is to identify those communities that are closest to Olean, on a County-by-County basis. To explain further, let's use the example from the Genealogy Helper Page for Olean:

We have great-grandparents who lived in a small community in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

When doing our research, we make it a practice to expand our search by looking in neighboring counties in addition to the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't checked the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

Please note that when we give a distance, it's a 'straight-line' distance from Olean.<1>

If you're researching your genealogy, we hope that the following information helps.

Olean is located in Colfax County.

The following 6 counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Colfax County: Butler, Cuming, Dodge, Platte, Saunders & Stanton.

Our Gazetteer shows that there are 60 communities within 40 miles [64.4 km]<1> of Olean. Of these communities, 52 are located in counties other than Colfax County.

We usually exclude communities where we still need to verify their location,<2> but for the purpose of this page, we have included the unverified ('unver') and historic ('hist') communities.

After starting with the home county for Olean (which is Colfax County), we list the counties in alphabetical order and for each of those counties, the closest communities are listed in order of their distance from Olean

For the following list, only those counties that contain communities within 40 miles [64.4 km] are displayed.

  • Colfax County   (where Olean resides)
    • County Website:   https://colfaxcountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Colfax:   Schuyler
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Olean   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Olean.
      • Howells
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
      • Heun
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
        • Heun is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heun
      • Clarkson
        (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
      • Leigh
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
      • Rogers
        (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
        • Rogers is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 93 people
      • Schuyler
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
      • Sunset Acres
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
        • Sunset Acres is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Acres
      • Richland
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
        • Richland is located in Colfax County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richland
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
  • Burt County
    • County Website:   https://burtcountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Burt:   Tekamah
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Olean   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Olean.
      • Essen
        (23 miles [37 km] to the east)
        • Essen is located in Burt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Essen
      • Argo ‑ Historic
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
        • Argo is located in Burt County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argo
      • Oakland
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
      • Lyons
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Craig
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
  • Butler County
    • County Website:   https://butlercountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Butler:   David City
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Olean   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Olean.
      • Linwood
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
      • Edholm
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
        • Edholm is located in Butler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edholm
      • Nimburg
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
        • Nimburg is located in Butler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nimburg
      • Abie
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
      • Octavia
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
        • Octavia is located in Butler County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Octavia
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 117 people
  • Cuming County
    • County Website:   https://cumingcountyne.gov/
    • County Seat for Cuming:   West Point
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Olean   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Olean.
      • Aloys
        (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
        • Aloys is located in Cuming County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aloys
      • Monterey
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
        • Monterey is located in Cuming County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monterey
      • Saint Charles
        (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
        • Saint Charles is located in Cuming County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Charles
      • Bismarck ‑ Historic
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
        • Bismarck is located in Cuming County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bismarck
      • West Point
        (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
        • West Point is located in Cuming County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Point
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,237 people
        • West Point has also been known as:
        • Westpoint
        • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Point <3>
      • Beemer
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Wisner
        (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Bancroft
        (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Dodge County
    • County Website:   https://dodgecounty.nebraska.gov/
    • County Seat for Dodge:   Fremont
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Olean   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Olean.
      • Dodge
        (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
      • Glencoe ‑ Historic
        (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Glencoe is located in Dodge County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glencoe
      • Snyder
        (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Crowell
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
        • Crowell is located in Dodge County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowell
      • Webster
        (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Webster is located in Dodge County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
      • Scribner
        (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • North Bend
        (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Hooper
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Uehling
        (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
      • Winslow
        (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
      • Ames
        (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
      • Nickerson
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Telbasta
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
        • Telbasta is located in Dodge County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Telbasta
      • Fontanelle
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
        • Fontanelle is located in Dodge County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontanelle
  • Madison County
  • Platte County
    • County Website:   https://plattecounty.ne.gov/
    • County Seat for Platte:   Columbus
    • Genealogy Websites   ...
    • Nearest Communities to Olean   ...
      • These communities are listed by their distance from Olean.
      • Creston
        (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
      • Carriage House Estates
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
      • Humphrey
        (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
      • Tarnov
        (29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
        • Tarnov is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tarnov
        • Population from the 2020 Census: 45 people
      • College View Park
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • College View Park is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for College View Park
      • Columbus
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
      • Countryview Estates
        (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
        • Countryview Estates is located in Platte County
        • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryview Estates
  • Saunders County
  • Stanton County
  • Thurston County
  • Washington County
  • Wayne County

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Olean) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>Our data comes from many sources and some sources are more dependable than others. When we add communities to our Gazetteer, we try to verify that we have the correct location for the community. We mark a community as 'Unverified' when we aren't confident about our data and want to do further checking.

We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now.

Since our Gazetteer contains over 100,000 communities, verifying everything is going to take time. If you find an error or can help us to improve our accuracy, please let us know.
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