Do you know of Mount Olivet ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Mount Olivet. 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 Mount Olivet.
We found mention of Mount Olivet as a community (see Mentions and References below), but haven't been able to determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Wayne County, Michigan.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Communities Also Named Mount Olivet ...
We found twelve communities that share the name Mount Olivet.
Within Michigan, the name Mount Olivet is unique.
Beyond Michigan, we know of another twelve communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Sonoma County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the California community of Mount Olivet [Sonoma County].
- Colorado
- Jefferson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Mount Olivet [Jefferson County].
- Georgia
- Hart County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Mount Olivet [Hart County].
- Kansas
- Leavenworth County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Mount Olivet [Leavenworth County].
- Kentucky
- Robertson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Mount Olivet [Robertson County].
- Mississippi
- Panola County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Mount Olivet [Panola County].
- Tennessee
- Rutherford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Mount Olivet [Rutherford County].
- Virginia
- Dinwiddie County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Mount Olivet [Dinwiddie County].
- Pulaski County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Mount Olivet [Pulaski County].
- West Virginia
- Marshall County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Mount Olivet [Marshall County].
- Mercer County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Mount Olivet [Mercer County].
- Preston County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Mount Olivet [Preston County].
- California
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Mount Olivet ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Mount Olivet:
Along The Tracks, A Directory of Named Places on Michigan Railroads
Written by: Meints, Graydon M.
Published by Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University - 1987
(Available from Amazon.com)
Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Mount Olivet - Services available: had a Railroad Station, no Post Office mentioned
Rand McNally Map of Michigan (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.
More Orphans in Wayne County ...
Can you help?
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.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Mount Olivet could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |