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Welcome to Olyphant ...

Olyphant is located in Jackson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Olyphant, you might consider that their post office opened in 1874.

Olyphant is 220 feet [67 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Olyphant: 870 & 327<3>

Communities Also Named Olyphant ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Olyphant - it's located in Pennsylvania.

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

Communities near Olyphant ...

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

  • Newport
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Southside
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Southside is located in Independence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southside
  • Bald Knob
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Augusta
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Tuckerman
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Diaz
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Diaz is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diaz
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,208 people
  • Newark
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Newark is located in Independence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newark
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,193 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Newark <4>
  • Bradford
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Bradford is located in White County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bradford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 736 people
  • Sulphur Rock
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Sulphur Rock is located in Independence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sulphur Rock
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
  • Pleasant Plains
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Pleasant Plains is located in Independence County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Plains
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 356 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Olyphant ...

Looking for more information about Olyphant? 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 Olyphant, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Olyphant.

Adding Olyphant to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Olyphant 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 Olyphant was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Olyphant post office opened in 1874. The Olyphant post office closed in 1960.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Olyphant.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Jackson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Olyphant - 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 870 code has been Overlayed with the 327 area code. New phone numbers in the Olyphant area will be assigned with one of these codes: 870 or 327. As a result, placing a call in the Olyphant 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/