Old Olga, Kentucky

Old Olga is an unincorporated community in Russell County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky.[1]

History

Old Olga was originally simply called "Olga", and named after Olga Kimper, the child of an acquaintance of a local merchant.[2] A post office called Olga was established at the site in 1905.[3] The post office and name was transferred in the 1920s to the nearby community that is now known as Olga, Kentucky, and the original community prefixed with "Old".[2]

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gollark: Final month of what? 2020?
gollark: That does *not* follow from what you said at all.
gollark: Yes, densely packed queues outside stores also bad (although outside may make it somewhat safer), and?
gollark: ... yes, because that helps not spread the virus, I don't see how this somehow means that the acronym-thing everyone uses to refer to the disease caused by said virus means something else.

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Old Olga, Kentucky
  2. Rennick, Robert M. (28 August 2013). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 389. ISBN 978-0-8131-4401-6.
  3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 13 November 2017.

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