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)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aliceville
- Aliceville is located in Pickens County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,231 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aliceville <4>
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Aliceville
- From Olney to Aliceville
- Gordo
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gordo have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordo
- Gordo is located in Pickens County
- 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)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Reform have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reform
- Reform is located in Pickens County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,546 people
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Reform <4>
- Carrollton
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carrollton have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carrollton
- Carrollton is located in Pickens County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 935 people
- Pickensville
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickensville
- Pickensville is located in Pickens County
- Population from the 2020 Census: 572 people
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Pickensville
- From Olney to Pickensville
- Union
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast) - Memphis
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west) - McMullen
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west) - Benevola
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Benevola. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benevola
- Benevola is located in Pickens County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Benevola
- From Olney to Benevola
- Lewiston
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)- Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lewiston. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewiston
- Lewiston is located in Greene County
- Google driving directions:
- From your current location to Lewiston
- From Olney to Lewiston
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 for Olney was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>
X2X - From that list, the Olney post office opened in 1844.
We also found Olney in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).
For more details, see References and Mentions for Olney.
Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Olney. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
The official website for State of Alabama: https://www.alabama.gov/
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> | The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required. |
| <6> | An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace. |
| <7> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |