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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Mount Olive. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Mount Olive to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Mount Olive, please Contact Us.
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Mount Olive (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Mount Olive. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Mount Olive ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Mount Olive: Mt. Olive
You might be interested in other communities that are also named Mount Olive. More information can be found on our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mount Olive.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Mount Olive is historic, it would have been located within present day Howard County.
To see how the shape of Arkansas' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Howard County: Hempstead, Little River, Pike, Polk & Sevier.
Below are the counties that are near Mount Olive. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Mount Olive:
- Howard County (The home county of Mount Olive)
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Olive, with the one closest to Mount Olive listed first.
- Nashville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Blue Bayou
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Blue Bayou is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Bayou
- Center Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Center Point is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Mineral Springs
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Corinth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Corinth is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Buck Range
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Buck Range is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Range
- Tollette
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Tollette is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tollette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Dierks
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Saratoga
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Euclid
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Euclid is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
- Galena
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Galena is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galena
- Umpire
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Umpire is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Umpire
- Calhoun County
- Unco
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Unco is located in Calhoun County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unco
- Hempstead County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Olive, with the one closest to Mount Olive listed first.
- Doyle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Doyle is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle
- Clow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Clow is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clow
- Tokio
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Tokio is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tokio
- Columbus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ozan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ozan is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
- McCaskill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- McCaskill is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCaskill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 95 people
- Washington
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Blevins
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Blevins is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blevins
- Population from the 2020 Census: 299 people
- McNab
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- McNab is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McNab
- Population from the 2020 Census: 63 people
- Oakhaven
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Oakhaven is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakhaven
- Population from the 2020 Census: 58 people
- Fulton
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Fulton is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fulton
- Population from the 2020 Census: 191 people
- Sheppard
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Sheppard is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheppard
- Little River County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Olive, with the one closest to Mount Olive listed first.
- Yarborough Landing
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Yarborough Landing is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yarborough Landing
- Millwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Millwood is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millwood
- Wilton
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Ashdown
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Alleene
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Alleene is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alleene
- Ogden
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Ogden is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ogden
- Population from the 2020 Census: 154 people
- Winthrop
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Richmond
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Richmond is located in Little River County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond
- Nevada County
- Emmet
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Emmet is located in Nevada County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emmet
- Population from the 2020 Census: 455 people
- Pike County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Olive, with the one closest to Mount Olive listed first.
- Highland
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Highland is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Roy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Roy is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy
- Nathan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nathan is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nathan
- Kimberley
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Kimberley is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kimberley
- Murfreesboro
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Moriah
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Mount Moriah is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Moriah
- Grandfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Grandfield is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandfield
- Billstown
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Billstown is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billstown
- Newhope
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Newhope is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newhope
- Star of the West ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Star of the West is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Star of the West
- Pisgah
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Pisgah is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pisgah
- Daisy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Daisy is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Daisy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 109 people
- Sevier County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Olive, with the one closest to Mount Olive listed first.
- Paraloma
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Paraloma is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paraloma
- Ben Lomond
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Lockesburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
- Lockesburg is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lockesburg
- Population from the 2020 Census: 710 people
- Norwoodville
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Norwoodville is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norwoodville
- De Queen
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Horatio
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Process City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Process City is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Process City
- Gillham
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Gillham is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 155 people
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mount Olive, see our County-by-County Page for Mount Olive.
Cemeteries Near Mount Olive ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Mount Olive.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Mount Olive - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Mount Olive covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Mount Olive, with the one closest to Mount Olive listed first.
- Shiloh Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Temperanceville Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- County Line Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Nashville Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Bluff Springs Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hickory Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Graves Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Shiloh Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Mt. Pleasant Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Coulter Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Boles Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (202 more) ...
- Ebenezer Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Corinth Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Mt. Carmen Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.
While we didn't find Mount Olive in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Mount Olive.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mount Olive, with the one closest to Mount Olive listed first.
- Nashville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Center Point
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Center Point is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Point
- Compton ‑ Historic
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Compton is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Compton
- Buck Range
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Buck Range is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buck Range
- Corinth
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Corinth is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Clow
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Clow is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clow
- Doyle
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Doyle is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doyle
- Tollette
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Tollette is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tollette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 247 people
- Perkins
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Perkins is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkins
- Allbrook
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Allbrook is located in Howard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allbrook
- Brownstown
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
- Brownstown is located in Sevier County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownstown
- Columbus
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Ozan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Ozan is located in Hempstead County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ozan
- Population from the 2020 Census: 79 people
- Roy
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Roy is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roy
- Nathan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Nathan is located in Pike County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nathan
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Mount Olive. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mount Olive.
Newspapers Published in Mount Olive ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 38 newspapers that have been published in the area around Mount Olive.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Mount Olive, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Mount Olive.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Mount Olive:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Howard County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Calhoun County
- Hempstead County
- Little River County
- Nevada County
- Pike County
- Sevier County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Arkansas
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Mount Olive, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mount Olive) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |