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Welcome to Oliver ...

Oliver is located in Scott County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oliver, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903.

Oliver is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Oliver lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Oliver: 479

Communities Also Named Oliver ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 27 communities that are also named Oliver - they are located in Alabama, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois (2), Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana (4), Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ontario (3), Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina, Virginia and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Oliver.

Communities near Oliver ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Oliver.

  • Greenwood
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Greenwood is located in Sebastian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,396 people
  • Waldron
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Heavener
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Heavener is located in Le Flore County (OK)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heavener
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,299 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Heavener <3>
  • Mansfield
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Hackett
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Hartford
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Huntington
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Huntington is located in Sebastian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntington
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 615 people
  • Midland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Midland is located in Sebastian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 322 people
  • Winfield
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Winfield is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winfield
  • Bates
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
    • Bates is located in Scott County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bates

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Oliver. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Oliver.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Oliver. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oliver.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Oliver. See our Newspapers Page for Oliver.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oliver ...

Looking for more information about Oliver? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Oliver, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Oliver.

Adding Oliver to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Oliver in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Oliver was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Oliver post office opened in 1903. The Oliver post office closed in 1932.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oliver.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arkansas' counties, including Scott, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Oliver - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/