Olympia is an

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, in the

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. The community is on

Missouri Route 97 Route 97 is a highway in southwest Missouri. Its northern terminus is at Route 32 south of El Dorado Springs; its southern terminus is at Route 86, four miles north of Wheaton. Route description Route 97 starts at a curve of Route 32, 8 m ...

at the intersection with county routes E and CC approximately nine miles south of El Dorado Springs. Horse Creek flows past about one mile to the east.

History

A post office called Olympia was established in 1899, and closed in 1907. An earlier variant name of the community was Hyattsville, after Mr. Hyatt, a local merchant.

References

Unincorporated communities in Cedar County, Missouri Unincorporated communities in Missouri {{CedarCountyMO-geo-stub