Okolona is an unincorporated community in southwestern Napoleon Township, Henry County, Ohio, United States. [1] It has a post office with the ZIP code 43550. [2] It is located along County Road 17-D a short distance southeast of U.S. Route 24.
Okolona was originally called Oakland Station, and under the latter name had its start in the 1860s as a station on the Wabash Railroad. [3] There being another Oakland in the state, the town's name was changed to the invented name, by Nathaniel Norden, of Okolona in order to avoid repetition. [4] A post office called Okolona has been in operation since 1866 but has since been closed 2016. [5]
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