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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 have occurred.

For example, a typical abbreviation for Mount Olive: Mt. 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 northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals 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 Marion County.

To see how the shape of Florida's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Marion County: Alachua, Citrus, Lake, Levy, Putnam, Sumter & Volusia.

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:

  • Marion 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.
    • Fellowship
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship
      • Fellowship is located in Marion County
    • Ocala
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocala
      • Ocala is located in Marion County
      • Population from the 2020 Census: 61,669 people
      • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ocala <1>
    • Martin
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
      • Martin is located in Marion County
    • Lowell
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Fairfield
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fairfield have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairfield
      • Fairfield is located in Marion County
    • Heijahs Town ‑ Historic
      (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Heijahs Town have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heijahs Town
      • Heijahs Town is located in Marion County
    • Anthony
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Reddick
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Silver Springs
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Chatmire
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chatmire
      • Chatmire is located in Marion County
    • Irvine
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irvine
      • Irvine is located in Marion County
    • Dunnellon
      (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Alachua County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mount Olive, with the one closest to Mount Olive listed first.
    • Evinston
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
    • Island Grove
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Micanopy
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
    • Lochloosa
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Archer
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Arredondo
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arredondo
      • Arredondo is located in Alachua County
    • Hawthorne
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Citrus County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mount Olive, with the one closest to Mount Olive listed first.
    • Citrus Springs
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Holder
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Hernando
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Pine Ridge
      (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pine Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Ridge
      • Pine Ridge is located in Citrus County
    • Beverly Hills
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Citrus Hills
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Citrus Hills
      • Citrus Hills is located in Citrus County
    • Inverness Highlands North
      (23 miles [37 km] to the south)
    • Black Diamond
      (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Black Diamond have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Diamond
      • Black Diamond is located in Citrus County
    • Inverness
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
    • Lecanto
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Inverness Highlands South
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
    • Crystal River
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Lake County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mount Olive, with the one closest to Mount Olive listed first.
    • Conant
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Conant have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conant
      • Conant is located in Lake County
    • Lady Lake
      (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Carlton Village
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Carlton Village have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carlton Village
      • Carlton Village is located in Lake County
  • Levy County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mount Olive, with the one closest to Mount Olive listed first.
    • Morriston
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • East Williston
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for East Williston. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Williston
      • East Williston is located in Levy County
    • Williston
      (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Williston Highlands
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Williston Highlands have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Williston Highlands
      • Williston Highlands is located in Levy County
    • Raleigh
      (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raleigh
      • Raleigh is located in Levy County
    • East Bronson
      (25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Bronson
      • East Bronson is located in Levy County
    • Inglis
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Gulf Hammock
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
    • Bronson
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Yankeetown
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Otter Creek
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Sumter County
    • The following are listed by their distance from Mount Olive, with the one closest to Mount Olive listed first.
    • Oxford
      (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
    • The Villages
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for The Villages have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for The Villages
      • The Villages is located in Sumter County
    • Wildwood
      (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Lake Panasoffkee
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
    • Coleman
      (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southeast)

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Mount Olive, see our County-by-County Page for 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 44 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 25 miles [40.2 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 first visit 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:

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.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

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.

  • St. Pauls Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Pauls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Pauls Cemetery
  • St. Johns United Methodist Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Johns United Methodist Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Johns United Methodist Cemetery
  • Wesley Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wesley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wesley Cemetery
  • Sonshine Baptist Church Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Sonshine Baptist Church Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Sonshine Baptist Church Cemetery
  • Carter Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Carter Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Carter Cemetery
  • Good Shepherd Memorial Gardens
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Good Shepherd Memorial Gardens have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Good Shepherd Memorial Gardens
  • Watula Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Watula Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Watula Cemetery
  • Tucker Hill Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tucker Hill Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tucker Hill Cemetery
  • Lincoln Memorial Gardens of Ocala
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lincoln Memorial Gardens of Ocala have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lincoln Memorial Gardens of Ocala
  • Mt. Tabor Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Mt. Tabor Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Mt. Tabor Cemetery
  • Union Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Union Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Union Cemetery
  • Pine Grove Cemetery
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Pine Grove Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Pine Grove Cemetery
  • Continue List   (98 more) ...
    • Agnew Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Agnew Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Agnew Cemetery
    • Evergreen Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Evergreen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Evergreen Cemetery
    • Temple Cemetery
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Temple Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Temple Cemetery

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.<5>

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.

  • Cotton Plant
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cotton Plant have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cotton Plant
    • Cotton Plant is located in Marion County
  • Martel
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Martel have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martel
    • Martel is located in Marion County
  • York
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for York have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
    • York is located in Marion County
  • Fellowship
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fellowship
    • Fellowship is located in Marion County
  • Leroy ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Leroy have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leroy
    • Leroy is located in Marion County
  • Early Bird
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Early Bird have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Early Bird
    • Early Bird is located in Marion County
  • Blitchton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Blitchton have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blitchton
    • Blitchton is located in Marion County
  • Kendrick
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Kendrick have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kendrick
    • Kendrick is located in Marion County
  • Ocala
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocala
    • Ocala is located in Marion County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 61,669 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ocala <1>
  • Martin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Martin
    • Martin is located in Marion County
  • Romeo
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Romeo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Romeo
    • Romeo is located in Marion County
  • Lowell
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Continue List   (13 more) ...
    • Anthony
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Reddick
      (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Santos
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Santos have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santos
      • Santos is located in Marion County

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.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mount Olive. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Marion County: www.marioncountyfl.org/

The official website for State of Florida: www.myflorida.com/

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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Mount Olive) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mount Olive. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 29.2016, Longitude: -82.2848       In this case, the coordinates for Mount Olive have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<5>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.




 

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