Olive, Missouri
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Olive is an unincorporated community in southeastern Dallas County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]
The community is located on Missouri Route O approximately two miles east of U.S. Route 65. Fair Grove in northeast Greene County is approximately six miles south along Route 65 and Elkland in northwest Webster County is about six miles to the east on Missouri Route AA.[2]
History
A post office called Olive was established in 1884, and remained in operation until 1907.[3] The community took its name from a nearby Baptist church of the same name.[4]
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Olive, Missouri
- ^ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 52 ISBN 0-89933-224-2
- ^ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
- ^ "Dallas County Place Names, 1928–1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on September 15, 2016. Retrieved September 25, 2016.
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