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OLGA, TEXAS

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Nolan County, Panhandle / Central Texas N

S of Sweetwater the county seat
N of Robert Lee

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History in a Pecan Shell

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Olga was near the Coke county line in Nolan County. There is no record available how the town came to have such a Russian-sounding name. The community was abandoned by 1940.

The first postmistress had the pioneer-sounding name of Annie Parker and apparently liked to link events with holidays. The town's post office opened on Columbus Day, 1892, and was moved to Blackwell on Halloween, 1910.
TX - Nolan County 1907 postal Map
1907 Nolan County postal map showing Olga
near Coke county line

Courtesy Texas General Land Office

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