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Welcome to Olney ...

Olney is located in Coal County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Olney, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902.

Olney is 610 feet [186 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Olney: 580

Communities Also Named Olney ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Olney - they are located in Alabama, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas and Washington.

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

Communities near Olney ...

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

  • Atoka
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Coalgate
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Stonewall
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Wapanucka
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Stringtown
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Tushka
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Tushka is located in Atoka County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tushka
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 400 people
  • Lehigh
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Milburn
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Tupelo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Caney
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Olney ...

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

Adding Olney to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Olney 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 Olney was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Olney post office opened in 1902. The Olney post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Olney.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oklahoma's counties, including Coal, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Olney - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/