Mount Olive Alabama Map

About Mount Olive, Alabama

Mount Olive is a locality in Coosa 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 marks the transition where the flat plains begin to yield to the stubborn, upward reach of the interior landscape. It lies 9.8 miles southeast of Sylacauga, AL (from Sylacauga, AL: bearing 137°T), and is situated 13.6 miles northwest of Alexander City. The earth here is stained a deep, iron-rich red, grounding the pines and hardwoods that push toward the sky in a dense, tangled canopy. Only a mile away, the quiet waters of Hatchet Creek carve a path through the undergrowth, its movement barely audible against the hum of cicadas in the heat of a July afternoon. To the east, the Weogufka Mountains rise as a jagged silhouette against the fading light, casting long, bruised shadows that stretch across the fields until the entire horizon seems to settle into a cool, dusky violet.

Mount Olive remains a place defined by the slow, steady persistence of its residents and the quiet industry that anchors them to the soil. Beyond the residential streets, the vast expanse of the Hollins Wildlife Management Area preserves the integrity of the woods, serving as a reminder of the wilderness that once claimed the entire region. The local economy draws its strength from the legacy of the land, where the rhythms of the day are dictated by the sun and the shifting seasons rather than the frantic pace of distant urban centers. Whether watching the light catch the surface of Peoples Lake Number 2 or navigating the clay-dusted roads after a heavy rain, one senses that Mount Olive moves according to a private, internal clock, indifferent to the noise of the outside world.

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 Coosa County (Rockford), 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.