Olmstead, Kentucky

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Olmstead, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
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Olmstead
Coordinates: 36°45′8″N87°00′54″W / 36.75222°N 87.01500°W / 36.75222; -87.01500
Country United States
State Kentucky
County Logan
Elevation
581 ft (177 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
42265 [1]
Area codes 270 and 364
GNIS feature ID499937 [2]

Olmstead is an unincorporated community in Logan County, Kentucky, United States. [2]

Olmstead was a station on the L & N railroad between Bowling Green, KY and Clarksville, TN that opened in 1860. It was named after a leader in the effort to build the railroad. [3] Olmstead is also the site of an elementary and middle school. [4] A post office has been in operation until recently in Olmstead since 1862. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Olmstead ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Olmstead". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ↑ The Heavens are Weeping-The Diaries of George Dick Browder.
  4. ↑ Collins, Lewis (1877). History of Kentucky. p. 480.
  5. ↑ "Logan County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 18, 2015.
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