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Mount Olivet

Ghost town · Bullitt County, Kentucky

Kosmosdale quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1912, 1:62,500)
Kosmosdale quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1912, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Mount Olivet is a ghost town in Bullitt County, Kentucky. It is one of 13 former communities in Bullitt County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 35th among the 101 Kentucky counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Mount Olivet as a historical populated place on the Valley Station topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 38.0090° N, 85.8600° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleValley Station
Elevation443 ft
Nearest living townWest Point, KY
Distance to it5.4 miles
GNIS feature ID2742445
Coordinates38.00898, -85.86004

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What's there now

Mount Olivet is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is West Point, KY (population 1,131), about 5.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 443 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Mount Olivet?

Mount Olivet is in Bullitt County, Kentucky, at 38.0090, -85.8600.

How many ghost towns are in Bullitt County?

Bullitt County, Kentucky has 13 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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