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
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Olympia, Missouri
- ↑ Montevallo, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1962 (1977 rev.)
- ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
- ↑ "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.
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37°43′34″N 94°01′43″W / 37.72611°N 94.02861°W
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