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Welcome to Oolite ...

Oolite is located in Meade County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oolite, you might consider that their post office opened in 1910.

Oolite is 440 feet [134 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Oolite lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Oolite (for example, toward Troy (IN)), you will soon leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Oolite: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Oolite ...

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

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

Communities near Oolite ...

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

  • Corydon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Corydon is located in Harrison County (IN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corydon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,181 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Corydon <4>
  • Brandenburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Irvington
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Muldraugh
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • West Point
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Milltown
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Lanesville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Leavenworth
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Elizabeth
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Ekron
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Ekron is located in Meade County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekron
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 149 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 Oolite. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Oolite.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oolite ...

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

Adding Oolite to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Oolite post office opened in 1910. The Oolite post office closed in 1958.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oolite.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Meade, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Oolite - 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 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Oolite area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Oolite 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/