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Welcome to East Olympia ...

East Olympia is located on the Olympic Peninsula.

East Olympia is located in Thurston County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of East Olympia, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1933.

A typical abbreviation for East Olympia: E. Olympia

East Olympia is 210 feet [64 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: East Olympia lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for East Olympia: 360 & 564<3>

The ZIP code for East Olympia: 98501<4>

Communities near East Olympia ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for East Olympia ...

Looking for more information about East Olympia? 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 East Olympia, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for East Olympia.

Adding East Olympia to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of East Olympia 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 East Olympia was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the East Olympia post office opened in 1933.

We also found East Olympia mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (June 1939).

For more details, see References and Mentions for East Olympia.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including Thurston, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around East Olympia - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 360 code has been Overlayed with the 564 area code. New phone numbers in the East Olympia area will be assigned with one of these codes: 360 or 564. As a result, placing a call in the East Olympia area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as East Olympia). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether East Olympia or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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