Mount OliveVA
Today 58 people live in this town, first settled in 1858.
Is Mount Olive a good place to live?
88% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Mount Olive, against 44% in Virginia’s towns and 29% across U.S. towns. No town among the 254 in Virginia we compare has a higher share of households owning their home than Mount Olive. Mount Olive has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
58 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
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Mount Olive faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected losses in Mount Olive break down as 72% from inland flooding and 10% from hurricanes. FEMA expects more storm and flood damage locally than in 69% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Mount Olive
A winter brings about 24 inches of snow, with January nights at 23° and July afternoons at 86°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Mount Olive
Shenandoah National Park and 12 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mount Olive. Close and well known come first.
13 mi National ParkShenandoah National Park1.7M visitors a year
Big draw31 mi LandmarkMount Weather Emergency Operations Center
22 mi CaveLuray Caverns30 mi Scenic driveSkyline Drive
37 mi National Historical ParkChesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park4.6M visitors a year17 mi Zoo & aquariumSmithsonian Conservation Biology InstitutePhoto credits
Shenandoah National Park: Image copyright 2005 by user G. Edward Johnson (user Lorax) and released under t, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center: Unknown, Public domain · Luray Caverns: Paulo Ordoveza from Washington, DC, CC BY 2.0 · Skyline Drive: Image copyright 2005 by user G. Edward Johnson (user Lorax) and released under t, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park: Bonnachoven, CC0
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Moving to Mount Olive: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Mount Olive, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Mount Olive
About 0 of every 100 Mount Olive residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Virginia.
About Mount Olive
CDP in Virginia, United States
Mount Olive is a census-designated place in Shenandoah County, in the U.S. state of Virginia.
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Is Mount Olive, VA a good place to live?
Mount Olive has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
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