Olivet, Illinois
CDP in Illinois, United States
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Olivet is a census-designated place in Elwood Township, Vermilion County, Illinois. As of the 2020 census, Olivet had a population of 336.[2]
Olivet | |
|---|---|
  Olivet Location of Olivet within Illinois | |
| Coordinates: 39°56′46″N 87°38′23″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 (69.3/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 217 |
| GNIS ID | 2628557[1] |
Education
Illinois Holiness University was founded 1909 in Olivet, changing to Olivet College in 1923. The College left the campus in Olivet after a fire destroyed the main building in 1939. The school then moved to Bourbonnais and later became today's Olivet Nazarene University. [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
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]
Education
It is within the Georgetown-Ridge Farm Consolidated Unit School District 4.[6]
