RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Alabama >> Pickens County >> OlneyIndex...

Welcome to Olney ...

Olney is located in Pickens County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Olney, you might consider that their post office opened in 1844.

Olney is 280 feet [85 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Olney lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Olney: 205 & 659<3>

Communities Also Named Olney ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Olney - they are located in California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas and Washington.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Olney.

Communities near Olney ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Olney.

  • Aliceville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Gordo
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Gordo is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,594 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gordo <4>
  • Reform
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Carrollton
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Pickensville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Union
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Union is located in Greene County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 207 people
  • Memphis
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Memphis is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Memphis
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26 people
  • McMullen
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • McMullen is located in Pickens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McMullen
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9 people
  • Benevola
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Lewiston
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)

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 Olney. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Olney.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Olney. 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 Olney.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Olney. See our Newspapers Page for Olney.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Olney ...

Looking for more information about Olney? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Olney, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Olney.

Adding Olney to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Olney in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Olney was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Olney post office opened in 1844. The Olney post office closed in 1917.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Olney.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Pickens, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Olney - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 205 code has been Overlayed with the 659 area code. New phone numbers in the Olney area will be assigned with one of these codes: 205 or 659. As a result, placing a call in the Olney area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/