Welcome to Olympia ...Olympia is located in Cedar County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Olympia, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899. Olympia is 950 feet [290 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Olympia lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Olympia: 417 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, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, 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. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Olympia ...Looking for more information about Olympia? 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 Olympia, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Olympia. Adding Olympia to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Olympia 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 Olympia was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Olympia. Footnotes ...
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