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Olivia, North Carolina
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 35°21′35″N 79°06′35″W / 35.3596014°N 79.1097466°W / 35.3596014; -79.1097466
Country	United States
State	North Carolina
County	Harnett
Elevation	305 ft (93 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code	919
GNIS feature ID	1021748

Olivia is an unincorporated community centered in the Barbecue Township of Harnett County, North Carolina, United States, but also covering parts of Anderson Creek Township near the Lee County line. It is a part of the Dunn Micropolitan Area, which is also a part of the greater Raleigh–Durham–Cary Combined Statistical Area (CSA) as defined by the United States Census Bureau.

History

Olivia was originally named "Rock Branch" and was founded circa 1865 but the name was changed in 1913 to honor W.J. Olive, who introduced Flue-cured tobacco to the community (Powell 1968, p. 365).

Demographics

Olivia's Zip Code Tabulation Area (Zip Code 28368) has a population of about 443 as of the 2000 census. The population is 50.6% male and 49.4% female. About 83.1% of the population is white, 11.1% African-American, 5.8% Hispanic, 0.9% Asian, and 2.8% of other races. 1.8% of people are two or more races and there is one person of Native descent American Indians.

The median household income is $20,500 with 31.3% of the population living below the poverty line.

Notable person

• Herb Thomas - NASCAR champion

References

1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Olivia, North Carolina

• Powell, William S. (1968), The North Carolina Gazetteer: A Dictionary of Tar Heel Places, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, ISBN 0-8078-1247-1

v t e Municipalities and communities of Harnett County, North Carolina, United States
County seat: Lillington
City	Dunn
Towns	Angier Broadway‡ Coats Erwin Lillington
Townships	Anderson Creek Averasboro Barbecue Black River Buckhorn Duke Grove Hectors Creek Johnsonville Lillington Neills Creek Stewarts Creek Upper Little River
CDPs	Anderson Creek Buies Creek Bunnlevel Mamers Spout Springs
Unincorporated communities	Barbecue Barclaysville Cape Fear Chalybeate Springs Christian Light Cokesbury Duncan Flat Branch Flatwoods Fonville Hairtown Harnett Johnsonville Kipling Luart Olivia Overhills Pineview Rawls Ryes Seminole Shawtown Turlington
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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