Olney may refer to:

Places

Australia

* Olney Parish, New South Wales

England

* Olney, Buckinghamshire, a town near Milton Keynes, England

United States

Olney, Alabama Olney is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Pickens County, Alabama, Pickens County, Alabama, United States. Education Olney was home to a now defunct educational institution called the Senaka Academy. References

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* Olney, Georgia - see List of places in Georgia (U.S. state) (I–R) * Olney, Illinois *

Olney Township, Richland County, Illinois Olney Township is located in Richland County, Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro Eas ...

* Olney, Maryland ** Olney Theatre Center *

Olney (Joppa, Maryland) Olney, originally patented as Prospect, is a historic home and farm complex located at Joppa, Harford County, Maryland. It is a working pony farm with a collection of 15 structures ranging in style, use, and elegance. The main building on the ...

, a home on the National Register of Historic Places * Olney Township, Nobles County, Minnesota *

Olney, Missouri Olney is an unincorporated community in western Lincoln County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Missouri Supplemental Route O, approximately twelve miles northwest of Troy. History Olney was originally called Nineveh, and under the latt ...

Olney, Montana Olney is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Flathead County, Montana, United States. Its population was 191 as of the 2010 census. Olney has a post office with ZIP code 59927. The most recent 2020 census states the popul ...

Olney, Oklahoma Olney is an unincorporated community in Coal County, Oklahoma, United States. It is located seven miles west of Lehigh.Shirk, George. ''Oklahoma Place Names'', 2nd ed. University of Oklahoma Press: Norman, Oklahoma. 1987. p.186. History The comm ...

Olney, Oregon Olney is an unincorporated community and former company town in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States, on Oregon Route 202 approximately eight miles south of Astoria. Olney is located at . Its post office is assigned ZIP code 97325. The town o ...

* Olney, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a neighborhood *

Olney, Texas Olney is a city in Young County, Texas, United States. Its population was 3,007 in 2020. History On May 18, 1951, the city was devastated by a violent F4 tornado. Thomas P. Grazulis noted this tornado was possible F5 on the Fujita scale. Geograph ...

Schools

Olney Friends School Olney Friends School is a small, co-educational boarding and day school affiliated with the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in Barnesville, Ohio, the school "challenges students to grow ...

, Barnesville, Ohio * Olney High School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

People

* Buster Olney (born 1964), baseball commentator *

Cyrus Olney Cyrus Olney (October 11, 1815 – December 12, 1870) was an American politician and lawyer in what would become the state of Oregon. He was the 6th justice of the Oregon Supreme Court serving while the region was still the Oregon Territory. A nati ...

(1815–1870), American politician and judge * David Olney (1948–2020), American singer and songwriter *

Frank F. Olney Frank Fuller Olney (March 12, 1851 – October 24, 1903) was the 18th mayor of Providence, Rhode Island. He served from 1894 until 1896. Personal life Frank Olney was born March 12, 1851, in Jersey City, New Jersey to Elam Ward Olney and Helen Fu ...

(1851–1903) 18th mayor of Providence, Rhode Island 1894-1896 * Howard Olney (born 1934), Australian jurist and Aboriginal Lands Commissioner 2007- *

Ian Olney Ian Olney (born 17 December 1969) is a former footballer who played as a forward. He started his career at Aston Villa in 1988, for whom he made 88 league appearances, scoring 16 goals, and 4 years later was sold to Oldham Athletic for £750,0 ...

(born 1969), English association footballer *

Jeremiah Olney Jeremiah Olney (1749 – 10 November 1812) was born into an old family from Rhode Island. He formed a company of infantry from that state at the start of the American Revolutionary War. After serving as captain in 1776, he was promoted to lie ...

(1749–1812), Continental Army soldier and older brother of Stephen Olney * John Olney (1932–2015), physician, medical scientist and critic of food additives *

Martha Olney Martha Louise Olney (born November 27, 1956) is a teaching professor of economics (2002–present) at the University of California, Berkeley. She is a winner of local and national teaching awards, and has authored several leading undergradua ...

(born 1956), economics professor and textbook author *

Peter B. Olney Peter Butler Olney (July 23, 1843 Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts - February 9, 1922 Cedarhurst, Nassau County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Life He attended Phillips Andover Academy and graduated from Ha ...

(1843–1922), New York County District Attorney 1883–1884 * Richard Olney (1835–1917), United States Attorney General and Secretary of State *

Richard Olney II Richard Olney (January 5, 1871 Milton, Strafford County, New Hampshire – January 15, 1939 Boston, Massachusetts) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. Life He attended the public schools, Leicester A ...

(1871–1939), Congressman from Massachusetts * Richard Olney (food writer) (1927–1999), American writer * Sarah Olney (born 1977), British Liberal Democrat politician and an accountant *

Stephen Olney Stephen Olney (October 12, 1755, North Providence, Rhode Island – November 23, 1832) was a soldier in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and later a Rhode Island legislator. Biography Stephen Olney entered the service ...

(1755–1832), Continental Army soldier and Rhode Island legislator *

Violet Olney Violet Rose Olney (later ''Parish''; 22 May 1911 – 3 January 1999) was an English athlete from Southwark, London,England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index: Violet R Olney; Apr-May-Jun quarter 1911; District: Southwark; Volume: 1d; Page: 54 ...

(1911–1999), British athlete *

Warren Olney Warren Olney, Sr. (March 11, 1841 – June 2, 1921) was an American lawyer, conservationist, and politician, in California. He was a founding member, alongside John Muir and the young botany professor, Willis Linn Jepson of the University of ...

(1841–1921), co-founder of the Sierra Club, mayor of Oakland, California *

Warren Olney Jr. Warren Olney Jr. (October 15, 1870 – March 25, 1939) was an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of California from March 1, 1919, to July 1921. Early life and education Olney was the second of six children b ...

(1870–1939), Justice of the California Supreme Court *

Warren Olney IV Warren Olney IV is an American broadcast journalist. He was the host and executive producer of the nationally syndicated Public Radio International weekday afternoon program ''To the Point'', which originated at Santa Monica, California public rad ...

(born 1938), broadcast journalist in Los Angeles, California

Other uses

Olney station (disambiguation) Olney station may refer to: * Olney railway station (England), a former railway station in Olney, Buckinghamshire, England * Olney station (SEPTA Regional Rail), a SEPTA Regional Rail station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA * Olney Transportat ...

, stations of the name * Olney Formation, in the

Murray Basin The Murray Basin is a Cenozoic sedimentary basin in south eastern Australia. The basin is only shallow, but extends into New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. It takes its name from the Murray River which traverses the Basin from eas ...

, Australia