Mount Olive Alabama Map

About Mount Olive, Alabama

Mount Olive is a locality in Lauderdale 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 stretches across a landscape defined by the quiet persistence of First Creek, which traces a path through the red-clay earth and dense stands of timber. It lies 19.9 miles west of Athens, AL (from Athens, AL: bearing 276°T), and is situated 20.4 miles east of Florence. The terrain is marked by the low, shadowed depression of Slop Hollow, where the humidity clings to the heavy leaves of bottomland hardwoods during the stagnant heat of summer afternoons. Far to the horizon, the silhouette of Peters Ridge breaks the flat expanse of the sky, serving as a silent sentinel over the fields. The light here at dusk possesses a singular, bruised quality, turning the dust of the back roads into a fine, metallic gold that settles over the canopy of longleaf pines.

Mount Olive maintains a rhythm dictated by the steady cycles of the land, drawing sustenance from an economy deeply rooted in the agricultural traditions of the region. Residents often find their way toward the expanse of Wheeler Lake, where the water mirrors the shifting moods of the clouds, or spend their leisure time wandering the trails of Joe Wheeler State Park. Life in Mount Olive avoids the clamor of the modern transit corridor, favoring the slow, deliberate pace of a place that remembers its own history in the quiet growth of its fields and the steady flow of its local waters. The character of the people is as resilient as the soil, shaped by a heritage that values the weight of a handshake and the seasonal labor required to coax a living from the earth.

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 Lauderdale County (Florence), 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.