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Welcome to Olga ...

So far, we found very little information about Olga. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Olga to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Olga, please Contact Us.

Olga would have been located within present day Pickens County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Olga, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1893.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Olga is 1,060 feet [323 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Olga was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Olga was located: 864 & 821<4>

Communities Also Named Olga ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 15 communities that are also named Olga - they are located in Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, Saskatchewan, Texas and Washington.

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

Communities near Olga ...

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

  • Greenville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Greer
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greer
    • Greer is located in Greenville County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,316 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greer <5>
  • Easley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Travelers Rest
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Brevard
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brevard
    • Brevard is located in Transylvania County (NC)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,899 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brevard <5>
  • Flat Rock
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Flat Rock. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flat Rock
    • Flat Rock is located in Henderson County (NC)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,408 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Flat Rock <5>
  • Pickens
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Liberty
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Rosman
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rosman have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosman
    • Rosman is located in Transylvania County (NC)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 624 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rosman <5>
  • Dacusville
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Dacusville. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<6>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dacusville
    • Dacusville is located in Pickens County

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

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

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

Adding Olga to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Olga 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 for Olga was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>

X2X - From that list, the Olga post office opened in 1893.

We also found Olga on a map titled Rand McNally Map of South Carolina (1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Olga.

The official website for Pickens County: www.co.pickens.sc.us/

The official website for State of South Carolina: https://sc.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Olga, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of South Carolina's counties, including Pickens, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Olga - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 864 code has been Overlayed with the 821 area code. New phone numbers in the Olga area will be assigned with one of these codes: 864 or 821. As a result, placing a call in the Olga area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<7>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<8>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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