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Mount Olive’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Mount Olive. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Mount Olive is a census-designated place in Coosa County, Alabama, United States. Its population was 311 as of the 2020 census.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 371 to 311 (-16%). Half of its homes were built before 2008.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Mount Olive yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mount Olive’s history is told.

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Famous people close to Mount Olive

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Jim NaborsJim NaborsSylacauga · 11 miGerald WallaceGerald WallaceSylacauga · 11 miHBHugo BlackAshland · 22 miBob RileyBob RileyAshland · 22 miTerrell OwensTerrell OwensAlexander City · 16 miRCRobert Daniel CarmichaelGoodwater · 5 mi
By decade

Mount Olive, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Mount Olive is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Mount Olive has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Sylacauga Historic Commercial District in Sylacauga, 9.4 miles away.

Mount Olive and the nearest listed places

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Sylacauga Historic Commercial DistrictHightower Brothers Livery StableCorner, B.B., Memorial LibraryNorth Central Historic DistrictRussell Family Historic DistrictCoosa County Jail

Closest to Mount Olive

Sylacauga Historic Commercial DistrictSylacauga · District9.4miHightower Brothers Livery StableSylacauga · Built 19149.6miCorner, B.B., Memorial LibrarySylacauga · Built 19369.7miNorth Central Historic DistrictAlexander City · District13miRussell Family Historic DistrictAlexander City · District13.6mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Sylacauga Historic Commercial District’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Mount Olive?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Mount Olive’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Goodwater📜 Kellyton📜 Sylacauga📜 Oak Grove
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