Olin, North Carolina

Olin, North Carolina
Unincorporated community
Olin is located in North Carolina
Olin
Olin
Olin is located in the United States
Olin
Olin
Coordinates: 35°57′09″N 80°50′23″W / 35.95250°N 80.83972°W / 35.95250; -80.83972
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountyIredell
Elevation
912 ft (278 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
28660
Area code704
GNIS feature ID991630[1]

Olin is an unincorporated community located in Olin Township, Iredell County, North Carolina, United States. The community is 12 miles (19 km) north of Statesville. The Olin post office was first established in 1852 and continues to operate with a ZIP code 28660.[2][3]

History

Map of Iredell County, North Carolina With Municipal and Township Labels

The Olin Creek, also knowns as the Middle Fork of Rocky Creek, is near were the New Institute post office was established on August 12, 1852. On February 14, 1856, this post office was re-named the Olin post office. It was named for Stephen A. Olin, founder and first president of Randolph-Macon college (1832-1836).[4] The town of Olin had a prohibition of the manufacture and sale of liquor written into its charter.[5][6] The first postmaster of Olin was William D. Watts (February 14, 1856). After Olin Township was established in 1868, Olin remained a town.[7]

The following are or have been located in Olin:[5]

  • Olin United Methodist Church and Cemetery, founded in 1851

References

  1. ^ "Olin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ United States Postal Service (2015). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code". Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  3. ^ "Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
  4. ^ John Caknipe, Jr. (2015). Randolph Macon College in the Early Years: Making Preachers, Teachers and Confederate Officers (1830-1868). McFarland & Company, Inc., Jefferson, North Carolina. ISBN 978-1-4766-1602-5.
  5. ^ a b Keever, Homer M.; Iredell Piedmont County, with illustrations by Louise Gilbert and maps by Mildred Jenkins Miller, published for the Iredell County Bicentennial Commission by Brady Printing Company from type set by the Statesville Record and Landmark, copyright, November 1976, by Homer M. Keever; pages 179, 180, and 213
  6. ^ Lewis, J.D.; "Iredell County Towns with Post Offices". Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  7. ^ "Constitution of 1868" (PDF). Retrieved February 11, 2019.


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