Welcome to Olmos ...So far, we found very little information about Olmos. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Olmos to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Olmos, please Contact Us. Olmos was located Olmos would have been located within present day Guadalupe County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Olmos, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879. While the community is gone, the present day location for Olmos is 540 feet [165 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: The area where Olmos was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Olmos was located: 830 While we believe that this Olmos is located in Guadalupe County, we know of another 3 Texas communities named Olmos. Those communities are located in the following counties: Bee, Maverick and Starr County. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Olmos. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Olmos. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Olmos. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Olmos. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Olmos. 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 Olmos. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Olmos. See our Newspapers Page for Olmos. We originally found mention of Olmos in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Olmos was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Olmos.
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