Mount Olive is a town in Duplin and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

The Mount Olive High School (Former), Mount Olive Historic District, Perry-Cherry House, Southerland-Burnette House, former United States Post Office, and Vernon are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Olive on land sold to the railroad by Adam Winn Sr., a prominent free black landowner.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town of Mount Olive has a total area of 2.7 square miles (6.9 km2), all land.

The newcomers' lure: the Butterball turkey processing plant and a handful of other meat producers within commuting distance of Mount Olive.

Jim Johnson, a professor at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said the new wave of Haitians in Eastern North Carolina is the classic immigrant labor story.

Olive Pickle Company, established in 1926, is located on the corner of Cucumber and Vine streets.

[11] The North Carolina Pickle Festival is held the last full weekend of April each year.

Higher education is offered through Wayne Community College in Goldsboro and the private, liberal arts institution University of Mount Olive.