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Mount Olive

Ghost town · Atoka County, Oklahoma

Stringtown quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1956, 1:24,000)
Stringtown quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1956, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Mount Olive is a ghost town in Atoka County, Oklahoma. It is one of 3 former communities in Atoka County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 10th among the 44 Oklahoma counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Mount Olive as a historical populated place: 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 34.4586° N, 96.0086° W.

Key facts

Elevation622 ft
Nearest living townStringtown, OK
Distance to it2.8 miles
Coordinates34.45861, -96.00861

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What's there now

Mount Olive is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Stringtown, OK (population 440), about 2.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 622 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 Atoka County, Oklahoma, at 34.4586, -96.0086.

How many ghost towns are in Atoka County?

Atoka County, Oklahoma has 3 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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