Olmstead, Kentucky
Olmstead, Kentucky | |
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Unincorporated community | |
Olmstead | |
Coordinates: 36°45′8″N 87°00′54″W / 36.75222°N 87.01500°WCoordinates: 36°45′8″N 87°00′54″W / 36.75222°N 87.01500°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Kentucky |
County | Logan |
Elevation | 581 ft (177 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
GNIS feature ID | 499937[1] |
Olmstead is an unincorporated community in Logan County, Kentucky, United States.[1]
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.[2] Olmstead is also the site of an elementary and middle school.[3] A post office has been in operation until recently in Olmstead since 1862.[4]
It is the location of, or nearest community to, Cedar Grove Rosenwald School which was a historic Rosenwald School built in 1928. The school is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[5]
References[]
- ^ a b "Olmstead". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ^ The Heavens are Weeping-The Diaries of George Dick Browder.
- ^ Collins, Lewis (1877). History of Kentucky. p. 480.
- ^ "Logan County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
Categories:
- Unincorporated communities in Logan County, Kentucky
- Unincorporated communities in Kentucky
- 1862 establishments in Kentucky
- Kentucky geography stubs