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Welcome to Olive ...

Although we found mention of Olive during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Olive was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

We've added Olive to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Olive, please Contact Us.

Time Zone: The area where we believe that Olive might be (or was) located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: CST- Heure Normale du Centre (HNC), CDT- Heure Avancée du Centre (HAC).

Note: If you travel east from Olive, you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Code for Olive: 807

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, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri (2), Montana (2), Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Ohio (2), Oklahoma (2), 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.

  • Seine River 23A
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Mine Centre
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Farrington
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Seine River 23B
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Seine River Village
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Nickel Lake
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Crilly
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crilly
  • Sims
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sims
  • Windy Point
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
  • Island View
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
    • Island View is located in Koochiching County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Island View

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling 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.

We 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.

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Olive and then turned west". While Olive could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Olive as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

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 Miller Creek to see Pete ... Miller Creek 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 Olive 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 . 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.
<2>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.