Olive Hill, Kentucky

About Olive Hill

Olive Hill, KY is a small town located in northeastern Kentucky counting 1,533 people who proudly call it home.

Olive Hill holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 1.99 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 770 residents per square mile.

📰 Olive Hill News Today

• Tommla Lee Callihan Obituary (2026) - Olive Hill, KY - Globe Funeral Chapel - Olive Hill Legacy obituary · Aug 18
• Annual Olive Hill Homecoming celebration returns on July 4th weekend Carter County Times · Jun 24
• Olive Hill Homecoming WSAZ · Jun 26
• Investigation underway after Olive Hill man killed in late-night crash fox56news.com · Mar 21
• Brent Brent Furnish Obituary (2026) - Olive Hill, KY - Turner & Son Funeral Home and Crematory Legacy obituary · Aug 18

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Olive Hill Unique

• The only place in America named Olive Hill — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• Positioned in northeastern Kentucky, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Kentucky — one of 555 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 18 miles.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Box Canyon · Attraction
• Cascade Bridge · Attraction
• Fern Bridge · Attraction
• Natural Bridge · Attraction
• Old Homestead · Attraction
• Raven Bridge · Attraction
• Shangra La Arch · Attraction
• Smoky Bridge · Attraction

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Olive Hill

• Tygarts State Forest · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Bat Cave State Nature Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Carter Caves State Resort Park reviews ★
• Cascade Caverns Nature Preserve · Nature reserve reviews ★
• J.A. Raybourne Park reviews ★
• Old Trace Creek Wildlife Management Area · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Olive Hill

• Carter County Career and Technical Center
• Carter Virtual Academy
• Olive Hill Elementary School
• Tygart Creek Elementary School
• West Carter County High School
• West Carter Middle School

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

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Olive Hill

🏘️ Nearby Communities