Olympus, Tennessee
Encyclopedia
Olympus was a community in Pickett County, Tennessee
, that was once the site of a post office
and was the birthplace of U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull
.
Olympus was first established as a post office in 1834, when the community was part of Overton County. The post office was discontinued and reestablished several times in the ensuing decades until it was finally discontinued for the last time in 1907.
The Olympus post office was at different locations at different times. At least one of the sites is now inundated by Dale Hollow Lake.
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
, that was once the site of a post office
Post office
A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
and was the birthplace of U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull
Cordell Hull
Cordell Hull was an American politician from the U.S. state of Tennessee. He is best known as the longest-serving Secretary of State, holding the position for 11 years in the administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt during much of World War II...
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Olympus was first established as a post office in 1834, when the community was part of Overton County. The post office was discontinued and reestablished several times in the ensuing decades until it was finally discontinued for the last time in 1907.
The Olympus post office was at different locations at different times. At least one of the sites is now inundated by Dale Hollow Lake.