Mount Olive, Alabama

About Mount Olive

Mount Olive, AL is a small unincorporated community located in eastern Alabama.

Officially, Mount Olive is a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 8.32 square miles.

📰 Mount Olive News Today

• Women’s Lacrosse Edged by Mount Olive 8-7 in Overtime UAH Athletics · Mar 21
• In Loving Memory of Eleanor Kay Milender FuneralFolio · Aug 16
• Monthly Weather Forecast for Mount Olive, Alabama 35117 The Weather Channel · Dec 28
• Drone video shows smoke, flames spread across 200 acres in Jefferson County wvtm · Feb 24
• Man charged with animal cruelty in Mount Olive WBRC · Jul 13

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What Makes Mount Olive Unique

• One of 7 places in the US named Mount Olive — but the Alabama one has a character all its own.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in eastern Alabama, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Housing dollars stretch further here than in the nearest metro.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 7 miles.

🏫 Schools in Mount Olive

• Mount Olive Elementary School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

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