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Welcome to Olympia ...So far, we found very little information about Olympia. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Olympia to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Olympia, please Contact Us. Olympia would have been located within present day Lowndes County<2>. The location of Olympia has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Olympia, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898. While the community is gone, the present day location for Olympia is 100 feet [30 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Olympia was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The location where Olympia once stood is in the (229) area code. Communities Also Named Olympia ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Olympia - they are located in California, Florida, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Virginia and Washington (2). For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Olympia. Communities near Olympia ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Olympia.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Olympia. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Olympia. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Olympia. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Olympia. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Olympia. See our Newspapers Page for Olympia. Adding Olympia to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Olympia in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Olympia was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Olympia on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1904. For more details, see References and Mentions for Olympia. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Lowndes County: www.lowndescounty.com/ The official website for State of Georgia: https://georgia.gov/ Footnotes ...
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