Mount Olive, Bradley County, Arkansas

Unincorporated community in Arkansas, United States

33°25′44″N 92°03′32″W / 33.42889°N 92.05889°W / 33.42889; -92.05889CountryUnited StatesStateArkansasCountyBradleyElevation

197 ft (60 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Area code870GNIS feature ID57129^[1]

Mount Olive is an unincorporated community in Bradley County, Arkansas, United States.^[1] 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.^[2] Goepel was previously the name used for Mount Olive.^[3]

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.^[4]

Jerry Wayne Ross of Mount Olive was killed in action on 1966-09-26 in the Vietnam War.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Mount Olive". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ [1] Dew, Lee A. “The Arkansas Tap Line Cases: A Study in Commerce Regulation.” The Arkansas Historical Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 4, 1970, pp. 327–344. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/40025485. Accessed 15 Aug. 2021. A map showing the route is on Page 12 of 20. A TAP railroad line from the (Warren & Ouachita Valley railroad) at Glynn to New Edinburg, to Daughton and the (St. L. S. W. railroad)
^ Quoted from Warren and Saline River Railroad. See that article for references.
^ [2] (listed as Ingalls, Arkansas on the War Memorial in Washington, D.C.)