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Welcome to Olive Center ...

Olive Center is located in Ottawa County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Olive Center, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1875.

A typical abbreviation for Olive Center: Olive Ctr. (or less commonly used: Olive Cen., Olive Cent. or Olive Cntr.)

Olive Center is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Olive Center lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Olive Center: 616

Communities near Olive Center ...

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

  • Wyoming
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Holland
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Walker
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Walker have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walker
    • Walker is located in Kent County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,265 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walker <3>
  • Norton Shores
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Norton Shores have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norton Shores
    • Norton Shores is located in Muskegon County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 24,623 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norton Shores <3>
  • Grandville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Grand Haven
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Hudsonville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Zeeland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Coopersville
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Ferrysburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ferrysburg have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrysburg
    • Ferrysburg is located in Ottawa County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,022 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ferrysburg <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Olive Center ...

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

Adding Olive Center to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Olive Center post office opened in 1875.

We also found Olive Center in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Olive Center.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Michigan's counties, including Ottawa, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Olive Center - 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>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.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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