Olive Hill Kentucky Map

About Olive Hill, Kentucky

Olive Hill is a locality in Carter County, Kentucky, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,580. The population density is 310.1 people per km². Olive Hill is located at 38.3001°N, 83.1741°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. Olive Hill is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 41164.

Olive Hill emerges from the limestone-heavy terrain of eastern Kentucky, where the deliberate, winding path of Tygarts Creek carves a corridor through the landscape. It lies 31.5 miles west-southwest of Ashland, KY (from Ashland, KY: bearing 247°T), and is situated 16.2 miles east-northeast of Morehead. The earth here holds a stubborn, mineral-rich density, marked by the deep, verdant shadows of Cooper Hollow that pull the morning mists into its basin. Beyond the immediate tree line, the land rises into a series of crests that suggest the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains on the horizon. The air carries a cool, dampened weight, particularly near the quiet reach of Olive Hill Reservoir, where the water mirrors the shifting gray and amber hues of a Kentucky sky.

Industry once defined the rhythm of Olive Hill, as the extraction of fire clay and the operation of brick plants provided a steady, soot-stained heartbeat to the local economy. Today, the pace has settled into a meditative stillness, with residents finding leisure in the green expanse of Olive Hill City Park or venturing toward the shaded seclusion of Tygarts State Forest. Memories of the industrial era persist in the architecture of the older streets, standing as silent witnesses to a time of heavy labor and transformation. Those who seek more rugged terrain often look toward the distant Lick Falls or traverse the paths of the Dry Branch Conneoter Trail, finding in the isolation of the woods a connection to the fundamental character of the region.

About This Olive Hill Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Olive Hill, Kentucky. Coordinates: 38.300081, -83.174065. 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 Olive Hill includes the ZIP code (41164), telephone area code (859), county seat of Carter County (Grayson), and school district assignment (Carter 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.