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Welcome to Oloh ...

Oloh is located in Lamar County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oloh, you might consider that their post office opened in 1895.

Oloh is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Oloh: 601 & 769<3>

Communities near Oloh ...

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

  • Hattiesburg
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Petal
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Petal is located in Forrest County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petal
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,692 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Petal <4>
  • Columbia
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Purvis
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Sumrall
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Seminary
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Bassfield
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Bassfield is located in Jefferson Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bassfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 206 people
  • Melba
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Melba is located in Jefferson Davis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melba
  • West Hattiesburg
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • West Hattiesburg is located in Lamar County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Hattiesburg
  • Pinebur
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Pinebur is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pinebur

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oloh ...

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

Adding Oloh to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Oloh post office opened in 1895. The Oloh post office closed in 1920.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oloh.

Footnotes ...

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