Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
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.
- A typical abbreviation for Mount Olive: Mt. Olive
- In past government published Postal Guides, Mount Olive was referred to as Mount Olive Courthouse.
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.
For more information about how community names might have been affected by the Board of Geographic Names (BGN), see our page about Placename Rules.
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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. 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 west 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.
Mount Olive is located in Izard 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 Izard County: Baxter, Fulton, Independence, Sharp & Stone.
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:
- Izard 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.
- Jumbo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jumbo is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Calico Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Lunenburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lunenburg is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunenburg
- Guion
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Guion is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Guion
- Population from the 2020 Census: 81 people
- Melbourne
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Pineville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Newburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Newburg is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Wideman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Wideman is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wideman
- Brockwell
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Brockwell is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockwell
- Iuka
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Iuka is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Dolph
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Dolph is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dolph
- LaCrosse
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- LaCrosse is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for LaCrosse
- Baxter County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Olive, with the one closest to Mount Olive listed first.
- Culp
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Culp is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp
- Jordan
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- Rodney
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Rodney is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rodney
- Norfork
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Big Flat
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Lone Rock
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Lone Rock is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Rock
- Hand ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
- Hand is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hand
- Norfork Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Norfork Village is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norfork Village
- Salesville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Briarcliff
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Briarcliff is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Briarcliff
- Population from the 2020 Census: 250 people
- Wake ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Wake is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wake
- Buffalo City
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Buffalo City is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo City
- Cleburne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Olive, with the one closest to Mount Olive listed first.
- Prim
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Wolf Bayou
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Wolf Bayou is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wolf Bayou
- Drasco
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Drasco is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drasco
- Almond
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Almond is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almond
- Concord
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Concord is located in Cleburne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Concord
- Population from the 2020 Census: 234 people
- Edgemont
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Greers Ferry
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ida
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Higden
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Fulton County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Olive, with the one closest to Mount Olive listed first.
- Bexar
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Elizabeth
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Gepp
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Gepp is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gepp
- Glencoe
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Glencoe is located in Fulton County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glencoe
- Viola
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Salem
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Independence County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Olive, with the one closest to Mount Olive listed first.
- Cushman
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cushman is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cushman
- Population from the 2020 Census: 457 people
- Bethesda
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bethesda is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethesda
- Denieville ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Denieville is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Denieville
- Sandtown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sandtown is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandtown
- Locust Grove
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- Locust Grove is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Locust Grove
- Desha
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Desha is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Desha
- Cave City
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Batesville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pfeiffer
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
- Pfeiffer is located in Independence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pfeiffer
- Marion County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Olive, with the one closest to Mount Olive listed first.
- Rush ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Rush is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rush
- Rea Valley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Rea Valley is located in Marion County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rea Valley
- Searcy County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Olive, with the one closest to Mount Olive listed first.
- Cozahome
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Cozahome is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cozahome
- Harriet
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Lone Pine
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Lone Pine is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Pine
- Leslie
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Baker
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Baker is located in Searcy County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker
- Sharp County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Olive, with the one closest to Mount Olive listed first.
- Sidney
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
- Sidney is located in Sharp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sidney
- Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
- Evening Shade
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Maxville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Maxville is located in Sharp County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maxville
- Stone County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Olive, with the one closest to Mount Olive listed first.
- Fifty-Six
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Mountain View
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Onia
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
- Onia is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Onia
- Timbo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Grove
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Pleasant Grove is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Grove
- Alco
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Alco is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alco
- Marcella
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Marcella is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marcella
- Fox
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Fox is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox
- Van Buren County
- The following are listed by their distance from Mount Olive, with the one closest to Mount Olive listed first.
- Rumley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rumley is located in Van Buren County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rumley
- Shirley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Fairfield Bay
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Dennard
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
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.
- Mt. Olive Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Livingston Creek Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jeffrey Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jeffery Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- Optimus Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
- Harris Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Sylamore Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Polk Mtn. Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Lower Twin Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Farber Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Upper Twin Creek Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Old Optimus Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Continue List (261 more) ...
- Robinson Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Vest Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Ruddells Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
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.<2>
The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Mount Olive had a population of 25 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Mount Olive, with the one closest to Mount Olive listed first.
- Optimus
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Optimus is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Optimus
- Jumbo
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jumbo is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jumbo
- Calico Rock
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Mountain View
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
- Lunenburg
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
- Lunenburg is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lunenburg
- Culp
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Culp is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp
- Melbourne
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Newburg
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Newburg is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newburg
- Pineville
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Gid
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Gid is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gid
- Wideman
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
- Wideman is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wideman
- McPhearson
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- McPhearson is located in Baxter County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPhearson
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Iuka
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- Iuka is located in Izard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iuka
- Saint James
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Saint James is located in Stone County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint James
- Timbo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
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 27 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 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. 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 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 Izard County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Baxter County
- Cleburne County
- Fulton County
- Independence County
- Marion County
- Searcy County
- Sharp County
- Stone County
- Van Buren County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Arkansas
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | 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. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mount Olive) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |