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Town in New York, United States
1825Established
2,029Population
35.9 sq miArea

Bolivar ( BOL-i-vər) is a town in Allegany County, New York, United States. The population was 2,051 at the 2020 census. The town is named after Simón Bolívar. Bolivar is on the south border of the county and is east of Olean. There is also a village of Bolivar in the town. As "the heart of the Allegany Oil Field" the Bolivar-Richburg area rose to significance during the oil boom era of the late 1800s. During the brief initial oil boom of the 1880s it was purportedly the wealthiest locale, per capita, in the United States. By the early 1900s the initial boom, with its economic and population impacts, had significantly faded, but secondary oil recovery techniques applied to the oil fields (s…

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Jones Memorial HospitalWellsville · 11.7 mi · ER
Southern Tier Community Health Center Network, Cuba SiteCuba · 11.8 mi · sliding-scale fees
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