Mount Olive, Indiana

Mount Olive is an unincorporated community in Martin County, Indiana, in the United States.^[1]

History

A post office was established at Mount Olive in 1887, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1916.^[2] The community was likely named, directly or indirectly, after the Mount of Olives.^[3]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Olive, Indiana
↑ "Martin County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 229. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. Mount Olive, from the biblical Mount of Olives, is a common name for churches...

Municipalities and communities of Martin County, Indiana, United States

County seat: Shoals

City	Loogootee

Towns	Crane Shoals

Townships	Center Halbert Lost River Mitcheltree Perry Rutherford

CDPs	Burns City Dover Hill

Other unincorporated communities	Bramble Cale Hindostan Falls Indian Springs Ironton Lacy Mount Olive Mount Pleasant Natchez Pleasant Valley Rusk Scenic Hill South Martin Trinity Springs Whitfield Willow Valley Windom Yenne

Coordinates: 38°47′55″N 86°41′39″W / 38.79861°N 86.69417°W / 38.79861; -86.69417

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