Welcome to Olton ...The city of Olton is located in the Texas Panhandle. Olton is located in Lamb County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Olton, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Olton has a population of 2,058 people<2> (see below for details). The community of Olton is 3,610 feet [1,100 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Olton is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Olton lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Note: If you leave Olton and travel west, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT). Area Code for Olton: 806 The ZIP code for Olton: 79064<4> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Olton had an population of 2,058 people. This is a decrease of 7.09% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 10.05% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Olton had a population of 2,215 people (or 15.83% of the total population of Lamb County). This makes Olton the county's 2nd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 2,215 people, the population of Olton decreased 3.19% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 2,288 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Olton. Communities near Olton ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Olton.
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 Olton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Olton. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Olton. 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 Olton. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Olton. See our Newspapers Page for Olton. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Olton ...Looking for more information about Olton? 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Olton, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Olton. Adding Olton to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Olton 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 Olton was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Olton. Footnotes ...
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