Mount Olive Alabama Map

About Mount Olive, Alabama

Mount Olive is a locality in Butler County, Alabama, United States. It is a small community with a population of 311. The population density is 14.4 people per km². Mount Olive is located at 33.0785°N, 86.1330°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 36276, 35079, 35452.

Mount Olive occupies a position of quiet permanence where the dense, humid air of the interior presses against the dark, iron-rich soil of the Alabama landscape. It lies 54.0 miles west-southwest of Troy, AL (from Troy, AL: bearing 253°T), and is situated 11.9 miles north-northeast of Evergreen. Thick stands of longleaf pine anchor the topography, their needles creating a soft, amber carpet that muffles the steady progress of the wind. A mile from the center, the currents of Long Creek carve a slow, meandering path through the earth, while four miles away, the surface of Bennett Pond remains a flat, reflective plane that holds the evening light long after the sun has dipped below the horizon. The woods here possess a heavy, enduring stillness, broken only by the sharp, rhythmic snap of twigs or the sudden movement of shadows across the red clay.

Mount Olive carries the weight of a local economy built upon the steady labor of those who have long worked the land and the transit routes that connect it to the wider region. Beyond the residential lines, the State-owned Submerged Lands offer a rare, protected expanse of terrain that preserves the natural character of the environment against the encroaching pace of modern industry. The rhythm of daily life moves with a deliberate, unadorned focus, reflecting a history defined by the transition from rural agricultural roots to a modern suburban identity. In the cooling hours of dusk, the transition of color across the sky highlights the stark contrast between the deep greens of the bottomland hardwoods and the pale, dusty gray of the local back roads, grounding the identity of the people in the soil they occupy.

About This Mount Olive Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mount Olive, Alabama. Coordinates: 33.078454, -86.13304. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Mount Olive includes the ZIP code (36276, 35079, 35452), telephone area code (256, 205), county seat of Butler County (Greenville), and school district assignment (Coosa County School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.