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History · Oliver

Oliver’s post office opened in 1892, and 17% of its homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register. Below: old-book passages.

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How Oliver began

When was Oliver founded?

1892

The Oliver post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 2,538134 years
Founding year: the first Oliver post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Oliver’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Oliver are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Oliver’s homes were built before 1957.
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The story so far

Oliver, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Oliver yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Oliver is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,535 at the 2010 census, down from 2,925 at the 2000 census. Oliver is located in North Union Township.

Its first post office opened in 1892. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 2,535 in 2010, 2,538 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

From the old history books

What they wrote about Oliver in 1883

Passages that mention Oliver, cut from the printed page as they were published.

N". E. Robinson says he was Oliver Pollock's nephew and agent at Tunica, and received 500 acres of land there for his services. In 1787-8 he was in Carlisle, possibly resident there then, as in the Carlisle Gazette of December 12, 1787, among the list of letters occurs one for " Hamilton Pollock, c…
Pollock genealogy. A biographical sketch of Oliver Pollock, esq., of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States commercial agent at New Orleans and Havana, 1776-1784. With genealogical notes of his descendents. Also genealogical sketches of other Pollock famil1883 · page 6Read the page →
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N". E. Robinson says he was Oliver Pollock's nephew and agent at Tunica, and received 500 acres of land there for his services. In 1787-8 he was in Carlisle, possibly resident there then, as in the Carlisle Gazette of December 12, 1787, among the list of letters occurs one for " Hamilton Pollock, care of James Pollock." So also September 20, 1788. He was possibly named from Hon. James Hamilton of Carlisle, the intimate friend and legal counsel of Oliver Pollock. He is also named in the will

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On the National Register

1 historic place in Oliver

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Uniontown5 historic placesA+North Union Township3 historic placesAEast UniontownIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Oliver’s history

What year was Oliver founded?

The Oliver post office opened in 1892, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.