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Welcome to Olive ...

Olive is located in Harrison County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Olive, you might consider that their post office opened in 1885.

Olive is 980 feet [299 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Olive: 304 & 681<3>

Communities Also Named Olive ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two West Virginia communities named Olive: This one is located in Harrison County and the other is located in Pocahontas County.

Beyond West Virginia, 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), Ontario, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia (4) 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.

  • Fairmont
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Clarksburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Bridgeport
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Pleasant Valley
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Pleasant Valley is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,141 people
  • Shinnston
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Mannington
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Stonewood
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Stonewood is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stonewood
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,702 people
  • Salem
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Salem is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,511 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <4>
  • Nutter Fort
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Nutter Fort is located in Harrison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nutter Fort
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,501 people
  • Barrackville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Barrackville is located in Marion County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrackville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,270 people

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 1885. 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 West Virginia's counties, including Harrison, 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 304 code has been Overlayed with the 681 area code. New phone numbers in the Olive area will be assigned with one of these codes: 304 or 681. 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/