Ossian
Ossian is a town in Jefferson Township, Wells County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The town was named after Ossian, the narrator of a cycle of epic poems by the Scottish poet James Macpherson. The population was 3,266 at the 2020 census.- Type: Village with 3,380 residents
- Description: town in Jefferson Township, Wells County, Indiana, United States
- Also known as: “Oscian”, “Ossian, IN”, and “Ossian, Indiana”
- Postal code: 46777
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Greenwood and Yoder.
Greenwood
Hamlet
Greenwood is an unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Wells County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. Greenwood is situated 2½ miles south of Ossian.
Yoder
Hamlet
Yoder is an unincorporated town in Pleasant Township, Allen County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. Yoder is approximately four miles south of Fort Wayne International Airport. Yoder is situated 3½ miles north of Ossian.
Kingsland
Hamlet
Kingsland is an unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Wells County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. Kingsland is situated 3½ miles south of Ossian.
Ossian
- Categories: town in the United States and locality
- Location: Jefferson Township, Wells, Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.8806° or 40° 52′ 50″ northLongitude
-85.16636° or 85° 9′ 59″ westPopulation
3,380Elevation
840 feet (256 metres)United Nations Location Code
US O2SOpen location code
86GPVRJM+6FOpenStreetMap ID
node 153352784OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Volapük—“Ossian” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أوسيان”
- Armenian: “Օսերեն”
- Basque: “Ossian”
- Belarusian: “Осіян”
- Catalan: “Ossian”
- Cebuano: “Ossian”
- Chechen: “Оссиан”
- Chinese: “Ossian”
- Chinese: “奥西恩”
- Chinese: “波斯语”
- Dutch: “Ossian”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اوسيان”
- French: “Ossian”
- Georgian: “ოსური”
- German: “Ossian”
- Gilaki: “اوسیان (اينديانا)”
- Gilaki: “اوسیان”
- Haitian: “Ossian, Indiana”
- Haitian: “Ossian”
- Hungarian: “Ossian”
- Irish: “Oisean”
- Italian: “Ossian”
- Japanese: “オシアン”
- Korean: “Ossian”
- Ladin: “Ossian”
- Mazanderani: “اوسیان”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Ossian”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ossian”
- Norwegian: “Ossian”
- Polish: “Ossian”
- Portuguese: “Ossian”
- Russian: “Оссиан”
- Serbian: “Ossian”
- Serbian: “Ошан”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ossian, Indiana”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Ossian”
- Spanish: “Ossian”
- Swedish: “Ossian, Indiana”
- Swedish: “Ossian”
- Tatar: “Оссиан”
- Ukrainian: “Оссіан”
- Urdu: “اوسین، انڈیانا”
- Uzbek: “Ossian”
- Volapük: “Ossian”
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