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Welcome to Olive ...

Olive is located in Escambia County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Olive, you might consider that their post office opened in 1882.

Olive is 130 feet [40 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Olive: 850 & 448<3>

Communities Also Named Olive ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 27 communities that are also named Olive - they are located in Arizona, California, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri (2), Montana (2), Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Ohio (2), Oklahoma (2), Ontario, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia (4), West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Olive ...

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

  • Pensacola
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Milton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Milton is located in Santa Rosa County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,785 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Milton <4>
  • Gulf Breeze
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Perdido Beach
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Perdido Beach is located in Baldwin County (AL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perdido Beach
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 652 people
  • Bellview
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Bellview is located in Escambia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellview
  • Bohemia
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Bohemia is located in Escambia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bohemia
  • Gonzalez
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Gonzalez is located in Escambia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gonzalez
  • Goulding
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Goulding is located in Escambia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goulding
  • West Pensacola
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • West Pensacola is located in Escambia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Pensacola
  • Myrtle Grove
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Myrtle Grove is located in Escambia County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myrtle Grove

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 Olive. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Olive.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Olive. 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 Olive.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Olive ...

Looking for more information about Olive? 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 Olive, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Olive.

Adding Olive to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Olive 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 Olive was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Olive post office opened in 1882. The Olive post office closed in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Olive.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Florida's counties, including Escambia, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Olive - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 850 code has been Overlayed with the 448 area code. New phone numbers in the Olive area will be assigned with one of these codes: 850 or 448. As a result, placing a call in the Olive area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/