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Welcome to Oldenburg ...

Oldenburg is located in Franklin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oldenburg, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Oldenburg is 330 feet [101 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Oldenburg: 601 & 769<3>

Communities Also Named Oldenburg ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Oldenburg - they are located in Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Texas.

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

Communities near Oldenburg ...

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

  • Fayette
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Bude
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Bude is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bude
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 987 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bude <4>
  • Roxie
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Meadville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Hamburg
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Hamburg is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamburg
  • White Apple
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
    • White Apple is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Apple
  • Harriston
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Eddiceton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Eddiceton is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eddiceton
  • Knoxville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Knoxville is located in Franklin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knoxville
  • Red Lick
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Red Lick is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Lick

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oldenburg ...

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

Adding Oldenburg to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Oldenburg post office opened in 1900. The Oldenburg post office closed in 1953.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oldenburg.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Franklin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Oldenburg - 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 601 code has been Overlayed with the 769 area code. New phone numbers in the Oldenburg area will be assigned with one of these codes: 601 or 769. As a result, placing a call in the Oldenburg 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/