Olivet New Jersey Map

About Olivet, New Jersey

Olivet is a locality in Salem County, New Jersey, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,297. The population density is 201.1 people per km². Olivet is located at 39.5381°N, 75.1763°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 08318.

Olivet reveals itself through a landscape of persistent, low-lying woodland and fields that absorb the weight of the afternoon light. It lies 6.2 miles southwest of Franklin Gloucester County, NJ (from Franklin Gloucester County, NJ: bearing 219°T), and is situated 8.1 miles west-northwest of Vineland. Muddy Run carves a quiet, unassuming path through the undergrowth just a mile away, its dark water moving with a deliberate, sluggish patience that defines the local topography. Beyond the immediate canopy, the earth rises in subtle, uneven swells, a stark contrast to the distant, hazy silhouette of Coffin Hill that marks the horizon. The air here holds a distinct, heavy stillness, especially as the sun descends and the shadows of the pines stretch across the soil, turning the atmosphere into a cool, amber-tinted gauze that wraps around the edges of the fields.

Olivet carries the quiet marks of an agricultural past, where the labor of the earth once dictated the pace of the seasons and the cycle of the day. The local economy persists in a measured, modest fashion, drawing rhythm from the proximity of Elmer Lake Wildlife Management Area, which preserves a stretch of land that feels largely untouched by the frenetic pace of the state’s larger corridors. Life in Olivet remains anchored to this terrestrial permanence, where the silence of the woods is rarely broken by anything louder than the shifting of leaves. Even the memory of Bells Lake, situated further out, informs the regional sense of scale, reminding those who live here that the terrain is defined by these small, inland pockets of water and the long, steady work of the soil.

About This Olivet Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Olivet, New Jersey. Coordinates: 39.538101, -75.176334. 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 Olivet includes the ZIP code (08318), telephone area code (609, 640), county seat of Salem County (Salem), and school district assignment (Pittsgrove Township 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.