RoadsideThoughts
A Gazetteer for the United States and Canada
Home >> State of Washington >> King County >> OlneySitemap...










Learn About
The Commemorative
Quarter for
Washington


The Commemorative Quarter for Washington







Do you know of Olney ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Olney. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Olney.

Our sources for Olney (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Olney other than they indicate that Olney would be found somewhere in King County, Washington.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1889 and closed  in 1895.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Olney ...

We found seventeen communities that share the name Olney.

Within Washington, the name Olney is unique.

Beyond Washington, we know of another seventeen communities that are located throughout in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • Pickens County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Olney [Pickens County].
    • California
      • Shasta County
      • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Olney [Shasta County].
    • Colorado
      • Bent County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Olney [Bent County].
    • Georgia
      • Bulloch County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Olney [Bulloch County].
    • Illinois
      • Richland County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Olney [Richland County].
    • Kansas
      • Rush County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Olney [Rush County].
    • Kentucky
      • Hopkins County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Olney [Hopkins County].
    • Maryland
      • Montgomery County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Olney [Montgomery County].
    • Michigan
      • Shiawassee County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Olney [Shiawassee County].
    • Mississippi
      • Neshoba County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Olney [Neshoba County].
    • Missouri
      • Lincoln County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Olney [Lincoln County].
    • Montana
      • Flathead County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Montana community of Olney [Flathead County].
    • Ohio
      • Hancock County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Olney [Hancock County].
    • Oklahoma
      • Coal County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Olney [Coal County].
    • Oregon
      • Clatsop County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Olney [Clatsop County].
    • Pennsylvania
      • Philadelphia County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Olney [Philadelphia County].
    • Texas
      • Young County
      • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Olney [Young County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Olney ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Olney:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Olney - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

More Orphans in  King County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in King County.

AlpentalLake
AndoverLakeland North
ArgoLakeland South
ArrowheadLakes
  
Beaux ArtsMagnolia
Black River JunctionMarine Hills
Black RiverMcKay
BoulevardMeadow Point
Bridle TrailMedina Heights
Bryn Mawr - SkywayMonohan Station
  
CantonNorth City - Ridgecrest
CardmoorNorth Lake
Carlyle 
Cascade VistaOlympia
Chelsea ParkOsborn
Cherry Crest 
Cherry GardensPialschie
Cherry ValleyPoineer Square
ColePoverty Bay
Concora 
Conifer ViewQueensgate
 Quendall
Denny Park 
 Ravenna Park
Eagle GorgeRenton Highlands
EarlingtonRhodes
East AuburnRichmond
East Hill - Meridian 
East RedmondSallal Prairie
East UnionSandy Shores
ElkcoalScenic
Emerald HillsScopa
 Sea First
FederalSherwood Forest
FerndaleSlaughter
Forest ParkSmith's Cove
Fort LawtonSteel's
 Sun Village
Gilman 
Graham'sTalbot
 Times Square
Horizon ViewTolt
Hot SpringsTotem Lake
 Trend
Indian 
Inglewood - Finn HillValhalla
Inglewood HillsValley Ridge
 Vashon Center
KeithVeazey
Kennedy 
Kummer JunctionWest Duwamish
 West Federal Way
Lake AliceWestfair
Lake Burien HeightsWestwood
Lake DolloffWhite Center - Shorewood
Lake Forest NorthWhite River
Lake JoyWieser
Lake LeotaWoodmont
Lake Meridian 
Lake RetreatYesler
Lake Sawyer 
Lake WildernessZenith - Saltwater

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Olney could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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









 

Copyright 2024
All Rights Reserved

Thank you for visiting our website.

In closing, please keep in mind that we can not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of the information on this website, so use with care. We encourage you to double-check the information that is critical to you.

If you've found an error or have additional information that you would like to share, please don't hesitate to write: Click here to contact us.

This page was last modified/updated: 10 Mar 2024