Editing Olpe, Kansas (section)

==History and etymology==
Olpe got its start in the year 1879 following construction of the railroad through that territory.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iZO2CL7-JAkC&pg=PA137 | title=History of Emporia and Lyon County, Kansas | publisher=Heritage Books | author=French, Laura M. | year=1929 | page=137| isbn=9780788403460 }}</ref> It had formerly been known as Eagle Creek Station before the name had been changed to '''Bitlertown''' after the owner of the townsite, Gilbert Bitler. A large share of the early settlers being natives of [[Olpe, Germany]], caused the name to be selected.<ref>{{cite book|last=Rydjord|first=John|title=Kansas Place-Names|year=1972|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma|isbn=0-8061-0994-7|page=178}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ODXKhgH3e6AC&pg=PA11 | title=Exploring Kansas Highways | author=Heim, Michael | year=2007 | page=11| isbn=9780974435886 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Capace|first=Nancy|title=Encyclopedia of Kansas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TSFZV1bcgOQC&pg=PA246|date=1 June 2000|publisher=North American Book Dist LLC|isbn=978-0-403-09312-0|page=246}}</ref>

Olpe was incorporated as a city in 1905.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Qi9cXyTWt9EC | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2 | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912 | page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Qi9cXyTWt9EC/page/n379 389]}}</ref>