Mount Olive Arkansas Map

About Mount Olive, Arkansas

Mount Olive is a locality in Conway County, Arkansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 17. The population density is 12.2 people per km². Mount Olive is located at 36.0031°N, 92.0905°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 72386, 72727, 72556.

Mount Olive anchors itself amidst the quiet, rising swells of the Arkansas landscape, where the earth holds the deep, damp scent of pine needles and damp loam. It lies 9.8 miles northwest of Conway, AR (from Conway, AR: bearing 319°T), and is situated 9.8 miles west-southwest of Greenbrier. The terrain here is defined by a slow, rhythmic elevation, marked by the presence of Ragsdale Mountain looming six miles to the distance and the subtle, shadowed depression of Berry Hollow seven miles away. Just a single mile from the center of Mount Olive, Cypress Creek carves a narrow, winding path through the soil, its waters moving with a deliberate, muddy patience that dictates the pace of the surrounding woods. At dusk, the light catches the silver-backed leaves of the hardwoods, turning the canopy into a flickering mosaic of gray and muted green that seems to breathe in the cooling air.

Agriculture and the quiet labor of the timber trade have long served as the pulse of the regional economy, grounding the residents in a tradition of working the land and its dense, enduring timber. Life here remains tethered to the natural cycles of the seasons, with local interests often turning toward the nearby Toad Suck Ferry Pool Recreation Area, five miles distant, or the still, reflective surface of Old River Lake, which sits at a similar remove. Mount Olive maintains a character forged by the stillness of the interior, where the passage of time is measured not by the clock, but by the gradual settling of the mist over the fields. The inhabitants carry a distinct, slow-spoken cadence, a vernacular that reflects the isolation and the long, sun-drenched stretches of the landscape that define their daily existence.

About This Mount Olive Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mount Olive, Arkansas. Coordinates: 36.003119, -92.090465. 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 (72386, 72727, 72556), telephone area code (479, 501), county seat of Conway County (Morrilton), and school district assignment (Calico Rock 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.