Do you know of Olin ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Olin. 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 Olin.

We found mention of Olin as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Adams County, Wisconsin.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1867 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 Olin ...

We found seven communities that share the name Olin.

Within Wisconsin, the name Olin is unique.

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

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Illinois
    • Peoria County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Illinois community of Olin [Peoria County].
  • Indiana
    • Warren County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Olin [Warren County].
  • Iowa
    • Jones County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Olin [Jones County].
  • Kentucky
    • Jackson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Olin [Jackson County].
  • North Carolina
    • Iredell County
    • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Olin [Iredell County].
  • South Carolina
    • Georgetown County
    • Please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Olin [Georgetown County].
  • Texas
    • Hamilton County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Olin [Hamilton County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Olin ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

More Orphans in  Adams 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 Adams County.