Okeana, Ohio

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Okeana is an unincorporated community of central Morgan Township, Butler County, Ohio, on Dry Fork Creek, a tributary of the Great Miami River, on State Route 126 about three miles northwest of Shandon in sections 21 and 26 of R1ET3N of the Congress Lands. It is a mile north of Alert, a mile east of Macedonia, and ten miles southwest of Hamilton. The bulk of addresses served by the Okeana post office are in the Ross Local School District, but parts of the region are in the Southwest Local School District.

A post office was established there in 1828 as Tariff, but was changed to Okeana on May 27, 1858, after the daughter of the Indian chief Kiatta, for whom a stream in Morgan Township is named. The town was laid out by the Rev. Benjamin Lloyd.

The town is home to a popular roadhouse called the Kiatta Saloon.

[edit] References

Bert S. Barlow, W.H. Todhunter, Stephen D. Cone, Joseph J. Pater, and Frederick Schneider, eds. Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio. Hamilton, Ohio: B.F. Bowen, 1905.
Butler County Engineer's Office. Butler County Official Transportation Map, 2003. Fairfield Township, Butler County, Ohio: The Office, 2003.
A History and Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio with Illustrations and Sketches of Its Representative Men and Pioneers. Cincinnati, Ohio: Western Biographical Publishing Company, 1882. [1]

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	Butler County, Ohio Hamilton, county seat
Municipalities	College Corner \| Fairfield \| Hamilton \| Jacksonburg \| Middletown \| Millville \| Monroe \| New Miami \| Oxford \| Seven Mile \| Sharonville \| Somerville \| Trenton
Townships	Fairfield \| Hanover \| Lemon \| Liberty \| Madison \| Milford \| Morgan \| Oxford \| Reily \| Ross \| St. Clair \| Wayne \| West Chester
Census-designated places	Beckett Ridge \| Olde West Chester \| Ross \| South Middletown \| Wetherington
Other places	Alert \| Bethany \| Blue Ball \| Collinsville \| Heno \| Mauds \| McGonigle \| Okeana \| Overpeck \| Poasttown \| Port Union \| Scipio \| Shandon \| Woodsdale