Olympia, Missouri

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Olympia is an unincorporated community in Cedar County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] The community is on Missouri Route 97 at the intersection with county routes E and CC approximately nine miles south of El Dorado Springs. Horse Creek flows past about one mile to the east. [2]

History

A post office called Olympia was established in 1899, and closed in 1907. [3] An earlier variant name of the community was Hyattsville, after Mr. Hyatt, a local merchant. [4]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Olympia, Missouri
  2. ↑ Montevallo, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1962 (1977 rev.)
  3. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Cedar County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 17, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

37°43′34″N94°01′43″W / 37.72611°N 94.02861°W / 37.72611; -94.02861

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