Welcome to Oldenburg ...Oldenburg is located Oldenburg is located in Fayette County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Oldenburg, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887. Oldenburg is 380 feet [116 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Oldenburg lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Oldenburg - they are located in Illinois, Indiana, Mississippi and Missouri. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Oldenburg. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Oldenburg. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Oldenburg. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Oldenburg. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Oldenburg. 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 Oldenburg. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Oldenburg. See our Newspapers Page for Oldenburg. Looking for more information about Oldenburg? 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 Oldenburg, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Oldenburg. We originally found mention of Oldenburg 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 Oldenburg was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4> For more details, see References and Mentions for Oldenburg.
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