Olean, MO

Olean is a town in northern Miller County, Missouri, United States. The 2020 census counted 114 residents. The community was laid in 1881-1882 by the Jefferson City, Lebanon and Southwestern Railway which became the Missouri Pacific Railroad. Olean was originally called "Proctor", after James G. A newcomer can read Olean through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places. For a newcomer, Olean comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. Olean is in northern Miller County, 6 miles north-northeast of Eldon and 26 miles southwest of Jefferson City, the state capital. Blythe Creek passes through the southeast part of the town, flowing northeasterly toward South Moreau Creek, part of the Moreau watershed leading to the Missouri River.