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History · Mount Olive

Mount Olive’s post office opened in 1847, and 3 of its places are on the National Register

Its Register listings are the Mount Olive Cumberland Presbyterian Church, the A. C. Jeffery Farmstead and the Jeffery Cemetery.

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How Mount Olive began

When was Mount Olive founded?

1847

The Mount Olive post office opened in 1847, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 17179 years
Founding year: the first Mount Olive post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Mount Olive’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Mount Olive are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Deep rootsA post office since 1847: 179 years of Mount Olive.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mount Olive’s history is told.

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The story so far

Mount Olive, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Mount Olive yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Mount Olive is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Izard County, Arkansas, United States. Mount Olive is located on the White River, 11.1 miles (17.9 km) west-southwest of Melbourne. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 17.

Its first post office opened in 1847.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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On the National Register

3 historic places in Mount Olive

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

places listed
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first listed
1994
A. C. Jeffery Farmstead
Mount Olive Cumberland Presbyterian ChurchA. C. Jeffery Farmstead
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Mount Olive Cumberland Presbyterian ChurchBuilding
All 3 listings
A. C. Jeffery FarmsteadBuilding · listed 1994Jeffery CemeterySite · listed 1999

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Mount Olive

Nobody well known was born in Mount Olive itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Dick PowellAmerican actor · b. 1904
Samuel B. HillAmerican politician · b. 1875
William Allan OldfieldAmerican politician · b. 1874
Glen D. JohnsonAmerican politician · b. 1911
Carolyn D. WrightAmerican poet · b. 1949
Charles L. GillilandUnited States Army Medal of Honor recipient · b. 1933
Places that used to be

Lost post offices

Mount Olive had its own post office from 1847 to 1960.

Mount Olive
1847–1960
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Mount Olive’s history

What year was Mount Olive founded?

The Mount Olive post office opened in 1847, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Mount Olive?

Three places: the Mount Olive Cumberland Presbyterian Church (listed 2004), the A. C. Jeffery Farmstead (1994) and the Jeffery Cemetery (1999).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the National Register of Historic Places (3), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.