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Olney, Illinois
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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A city and the county-seat of Richland county, Illinois, U.S.A., about 30 m. W. of Vincennes, Indiana. Pop. (1890) 3831; (1900) 4 260 (235 foreign-born); (1910) 5011. Olney is served by the Baltimore & Ohio South-western, the Illinois Central, and the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton railways, and is a terminus of the Ohio River Division of the last. It has a Carnegie library and a city park of 55 acres. Olney is an important shipping point for the agricultural products of this district; oil is found in the vicinity; and the city has various manufactures. The municipality owns its water-works. Olney was settled about 1842 and was first chartered as a city in 1867.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Olney, Illinois'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/o/olney-illinois.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Olney, Illinois'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/o/olney-illinois.html. 1910.
