Olin Township, Iredell County, North Carolina

Olin Township is a non-functioning administrative division of Iredell County, North Carolina, United States. By the requirements of the North Carolina Constitution of 1868, the counties were divided into townships, which included Olin township.[1][2][3][4]

Olin Township
Township
Olin Township in Iredell County
Olin Township in Iredell County
CountryUnited States United States
StateNorth Carolina North Carolina
CountyIredell
Established1868
Government
 • Typenon-functioning administrative division
Area
 • Total30.1 sq mi (78 km2)
 • Land29.87 sq mi (77.4 km2)
 • Water0.23 sq mi (0.6 km2)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total1,840
 • Density61.6/sq mi (23.8/km2)

Geography

Olin township is bounded by Union Grove township on the north, Sharpesburg township on the west, Bethany and Cool Springs townships on the south, and Turnersburg township on the east. The South Yadkin River flows on the border of Olin township on the south and east.

Interstate 77 runs north–south through Olin township.

History
Olin Township in 1917

The following are or have been located in Olin township:[2][5]

  • Charles Post Office (1899-1951)[6]
  • Ebenezer Academy (1823-1900)[2]
  • Fairmont Church
  • Friendship Church
  • Gethsemane Baptist Church[7]
  • Hebron Baptist Church
  • Moss Chapel Methodist Church and Cemetery, founded in about 1800
  • Mount Sinai Church
  • Mount Vernon Baptist Church and Cemetery, founded in 1836[8]
  • New Institute (1852-1856)[6]
  • North Iredell High School[9]
  • Olin unincorporated community
  • Olin United Methodist Church and Cemetery, founded in 1851
  • Refuge Church
  • Siloan Church
  • Turnersburg, town (1858–present)[6]

35°55′31″N 80°51′44″W

References
  1. "North Carolina Constitution of 1868" (PDF). Retrieved February 26, 2019.
  2. Keever, Homer M.; Iredell Piedmont County, with illustrations by Louise Gilbert and maps by Mildred Jenkins Miller, published for the Iredell County Bicentennial Commission by Brady Printing Company from type set by the Statesville Record and Landmark, copyright, November 1976, by Homer M. Keever
  3. The Heritage of Iredell County, 1980, published by the Genealogical Society of Iredell County, PO Box 946, Statesville, North Carolina 28677, ISBN 0-89459-087-1, 642 pages with index
  4. The Heritage of Iredell County, NC Vol II, 2000, published by the Genealogical Society of Iredell County, PO Box 946, Statesville, North Carolina 29866, LC # 00-110956, 574 pages with index
  5. Lewis, J.D.; "Iredell County Towns with Post Offices". Retrieved January 31, 2019.
  6. J.D. Lewis. "Iredell County Post Offices". Retrieved February 11, 2018.
  7. Google Maps
  8. "Mount Vernon Baptist Church". Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  9. "North Iredell High School". Retrieved February 11, 2019.


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