Mount Olive, Bradley County, Arkansas Explained

Official Name:Mount Olive, Arkansas
Pushpin Map:Arkansas#USA
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Arkansas
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Bradley
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:197
Coordinates:33.4289°N -92.0589°W
Area Code:870
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:57129

Mount Olive is an unincorporated community in Bradley County, Arkansas, United States. It is the location of (or is the nearest community to) Mt. Olive Rosenwald School, which is located on Bradley Rd. 45 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Goepel was previously the name used for Mount Olive.[1]

In 1910, the Warren, Johnsville and Saline River Railroad opened a tap line railroad to Goepel (Mt. Olive) in 1910. The branch to Mount Olive was abandoned before 1985.[2]

Jerry Wayne Ross of Mount Olive was killed in action on 1966-09-26 in the Vietnam War.[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40025485
  2. Quoted from Warren and Saline River Railroad. See that article for references.
  3. http://bc-digital.org/arkansas-vietnam-war-project/killed-in-action.html