Do you know of Olive Hill ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Olive Hill. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Olive Hill.<1>

Our sources for Olive Hill (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Olive Hill other than they indicate that Olive Hill would be found somewhere in Wayne County, Indiana.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1857 and closed  in 1902.

Communities Also Named Olive Hill ...

We found four communities that share the name Olive Hill.

Within Indiana, the name Olive Hill is unique.

Beyond Indiana, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • California
    • Yuba County
    • Please visit our profile page for the California community of Olive Hill [Yuba County].
  • Kentucky
    • Carter County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Olive Hill [Carter County].
  • North Carolina
    • Macon County
    • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Olive Hill [Macon County].
    • Person County
    • Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Olive Hill [Person County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Olive Hill ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Olive Hill:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Olive Hill - Services available: had a Post Office, Express Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

More Orphans in  Wayne County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Wayne County.