Mount Olive Mississippi Map

About Mount Olive, Mississippi

Mount Olive is a locality in Amite County, Mississippi, United States. Mount Olive is located at 31.3438°N, 90.7101°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 39119.

Mount Olive lies in a landscape of gentle, rolling hills, where the air hangs thick and sweet with the scent of pine and damp earth after a summer rain. It lies 57.9 miles north-north-east of Central, LA (from Central, LA: bearing 19°T), and is situated 16.7 miles west-north-west of McComb. Magnolia trees, their broad leaves glossy under the Mississippi sun, punctuate the verdant sprawl of mixed forests and open fields, their white blossoms like scattered pearls against the deep green. Roads, often unpaved, snake between these natural boundaries, leading the eye towards distant farmhouses that seem to rise organically from the land itself, their porches shaded by ancient oaks. The sky here is a vast, ever-changing canvas, particularly at dusk, when the fading light casts a hushed, golden glow over the quiet countryside, a beauty that feels both profound and achingly temporary. The history of Mount Olive is etched not in grand monuments, but in the quiet persistence of its agricultural roots, primarily cotton and timber in its earlier days, a heritage that still whispers through the weathered barns and the persistent, low hum of tractors on distant fields. Today, its economy, like many in Amite County, leans on the land and the resourcefulness of its people, with small businesses and local service industries forming the backbone of daily life. While not a place of bustling tourism, Mount Olive possesses a distinct, unhurried character, a place where neighbors still know each other’s names and the passage of time is measured by the changing seasons rather than the ticking of a clock. The very ground seems to hold a quiet resilience, a testament to generations who have worked and lived under this wide, southern sky.

About This Mount Olive Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mount Olive, Mississippi — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 31.343785, -90.710101. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Mount Olive and Amite County.

Detailed location data for Mount Olive includes the ZIP code (39653), telephone area code (601), county seat of Amite County (Liberty), and school district assignment (Covington County School District). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Mount Olive is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.