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Mount Olive

Ghost town · Union County, Kentucky

Shawneetown quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1916, 1:62,500)
Shawneetown quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1916, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Mount Olive is a ghost town in Union County, Kentucky. It is one of 5 former communities in Union County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 66th among the 101 Kentucky counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Mount Olive as a historical populated place on the Grove Center topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 37.6290° N, 88.0901° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleGrove Center
Elevation465 ft
Nearest living townOld Shawneetown, IL
Distance to it5.4 miles
GNIS feature ID2743588
Coordinates37.62898, -88.09014

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What's there now

Mount Olive is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Old Shawneetown, IL (population 131), about 5.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 465 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Mount Olive?

Mount Olive is in Union County, Kentucky, at 37.6290, -88.0901.

How many ghost towns are in Union County?

Union County, Kentucky has 5 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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