Olivet, Illinois
Olivet | |
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  Olivet Location of Olivet within Illinois | |
| Coordinates: 39°56′46″N 87°38′23″W / 39.94611°N 87.63972°W[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| County | Vermilion |
| Township | Elwood |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.383 sq mi (6.17 km2) |
| • Land | 2.383 sq mi (6.17 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 673 ft (205 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
• Total | 428 |
| • Density | 180/sq mi (69/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 217 |
| GNIS ID | 2628557[1] |
Olivet is a census-designated place in Elwood Township, Vermilion County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 428.[2]
Education
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Illinois Holiness University was founded Olivet, Illinois in 1909. The school's name was changed to Olivet College in 1923. The College left the campus in Olivet after a fire destroyed the main building in 1939. [3]
The remaining campus buildings were sold to the Missionaries of La Salette and housed a Catholic seminary that was later converted to a retreat center. When the retreat center was relocated, the campus was sold again and became the Notre Dame De La Salette Boys Academy.[4]
History
[edit]The town of Olivet was designed around the Nazarene school. The site for the school was purchased in 1908. By 1911, there were "About 16 houses with modern equipment."[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Olivet, Illinois
- ^ "U.S. Census website". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
- ^ Olivet Nazarene University. "Christian Education with a Purpose". 2017-2018 Course Catalog. Retrieved March 19, 2025.
- ^ La Salette Academy. "Old and New". Retrieved March 19, 2025.
- ^ Jones, Lottie (1911). History of Vermilion County Illinois: A Tale of Its Evolution, Settlement and Progress for Nearly a Century (PDF). Chicago: Pioneer Publishing Company. p. 401.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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