Olathia, Missouri

Community in the American state of Missouri

Olathia is a community in north-central Douglas County, Missouri United States.^[1] It is located approximately six miles southeast of Mansfield along Missouri Route U and is nine miles northeast of Ava. It is on a ridge between Puncheon Camp Creek one-half mile to the northeast and Bryant Creek one and a quarter mile to the southwest.^[2]

The community has also been referred to as Olathe and was presumably named for Olathe, Kansas. The community had a post office between 1895 and 1910.^[3]

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Olathia, Missouri
^ Mansfield, MO, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1951 (1985 rev.)
^ "Douglas County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved May 29, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)