Olmstead is an unincorporated community in Logan County, Kentucky, United States.[1]

Olmstead, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 36°45′8″N 87°00′54″W
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Logan
Elevation	581 ft (177 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID	499937[1]

Olmstead was a station on the L & N railroad between Bowling Green, KY and Clarksville, TN that opened in 1860. It was named after a leader in the effort to build the railroad.[2] Olmstead is also the site of an elementary and middle school.[3] A post office has been in operation until recently in Olmstead since 1862.[4]

It is the location of, or nearest community to, Cedar Grove Rosenwald School which was a historic Rosenwald School built in 1928. The school is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[5]

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