Ossian
Ossian is a town in Livingston County, New York, United States. The population was 789 at the 2010 census. The town was named after Ossian, the blind narrator and purported 3rd Century author of a cycle of extremely popular epic poems published by the Scottish poet James Macpherson in 1761.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet with 724 residents
- Description: human settlement in Livingston County, New York, United States of America
- Also known as: “Ossian Center”, “Ossian Centre”, “Ossian, New York”, “Ossian, NY”, and “Sugar Creek”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Canaseraga and Byersville.
Canaseraga
Hamlet
Canaseraga is a village in Allegany County, New York, United States. The population was 550 at the 2010 census. The name is derived from a creek that flows past the village, which is reportedly a Seneca term for "lying among milkweeds" or "slippery elms". Canaseraga is situated 4 miles south of Ossian.
Byersville
Hamlet
Byersville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in the town of West Sparta, Livingston County, New York, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 47. The ZIP Code is 14517. Byersville is situated 4½ miles north of Ossian.
Woodsville
Hamlet
Woodsville is a hamlet and census-designated place in Livingston County, New York, United States. Its population was 70 as of the 2020 census. New York State Route 36 passes through the community. Woodsville is situated 4½ miles northeast of Ossian.
Ossian
- Categories: town in the United States, town of New York, and locality
- Location: Town of Ossian, Livingston, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.52118° or 42° 31′ 16″ northLongitude
-77.77944° or 77° 46′ 46″ westPopulation
724Elevation
1,342 feet (409 metres)Open location code
87J4G6CC+F6OpenStreetMap ID
node 158458760OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
5130042Wikidata ID
Q3708673
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Ossian” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أوسيان”
- Basque: “Ossian”
- Chechen: “Оссиан”
- Chinese: “奧西恩 (紐約州)”
- Chinese: “奧西恩”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اوسيان”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بلده اوسيان”
- French: “Ossian”
- German: “Ossian”
- Haitian: “Ossian, New York”
- Haitian: “Ossian”
- Hungarian: “Ossian”
- Italian: “Ossian”
- Mazanderani: “اسیان (نیویورک)”
- Mazanderani: “اسیان”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ossian”
- Polish: “Ossian”
- Spanish: “Ossian”
- Tatar: “Оссиан”
- Turkish: “Ossian”
- Ukrainian: “Оссіан”
- Uzbek: “Ossian, New York”
- Uzbek: “Ossian”
- Uzbek: “Оссиан”
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