Do you know of Olney ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Olney. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Olney.<1>
Our sources for Olney (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Olney other than they indicate that Olney would be found somewhere in Neshoba County, Mississippi.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1886 and closed in 1905.
Communities Also Named Olney ...
We found seventeen communities that share the name Olney.
Within Mississippi, the name Olney is unique.
Beyond Mississippi, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Pickens County
- Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Olney [Pickens County].
- California
- Shasta County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Olney [Shasta County].
- Colorado
- Georgia
- Bulloch County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Olney [Bulloch County].
- Illinois
- Richland County
- Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Olney [Richland County].
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Hopkins County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Olney [Hopkins County].
- Maryland
- Montgomery County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Olney [Montgomery County].
- Michigan
- Missouri
- Lincoln County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Olney [Lincoln County].
- Montana
- Flathead County
- Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Olney [Flathead County].
- Ohio
- Hancock County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Olney [Hancock County].
- Oklahoma
- Coal County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Olney [Coal County].
- Oregon
- Clatsop County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Olney [Clatsop County].
- Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Olney [Philadelphia County].
- Texas
- Young County
- Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Olney [Young County].
- Washington
- Alabama
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Olney ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Olney:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Olney - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned
Rand McNally Map of Mississippi (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Neshoba County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Neshoba County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Olney could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |