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>.

The location of Olga has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

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.<4>.

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

If Olga still existed, it would have been in the (864) area code.

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)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenville
  • Greenville is located in Greenville County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 72,227 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greenville <5>
• 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)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Easley
  • Easley is located in Pickens County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 21,626 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Easley <5>
• Travelers Rest
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Travelers Rest
  • Travelers Rest is located in Greenville County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,202 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Travelers Rest <5>
• 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: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Flat Rock have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • 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)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pickens
  • Pickens is located in Pickens County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,185 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pickens <5>
• Liberty
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty
  • Liberty is located in Pickens County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,150 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Liberty <5>
• 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.<3> 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: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dacusville have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • 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.<6>

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.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

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