Olivet (Michigan)
Eaton County
26-60580
Olivet is a city in Eaton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. According to 2000 census 1,758 inhabitants live in Olivet.
History
Olivet was established in 1844, when Rev. John J. Shipherd the Olivet College founded. The place got its name from the Mount of Olives. 1865 Olivet received a charter as a Village, the incorporation as a city took place in 1958.
The historian Golo Mann taught here in the fall of 1942 until the summer of 1943 story.
Geography
Olivet is located mainly on the west bank of Indian Creek, a few kilometers off the northwest-trending Interstate 69 According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.6 km ², without significant water areas. The Main Street of the village is a former route of U.S. Highway 27
Demography
At the time of the census of 2000, there were 1758 people Olivet. The population density was 672.0 people per km ². There were 488 housing units at an average 186.6 per km ². The population consisted of Olivet 84.30 % White, 9.61 % African American, 1.65% Native American, 1.65 % Asian, 0.06 % Pacific Islander, 1.76 % reported other races to belong and 0.97 % from two or more races. 2.10 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Residents Olivet distributed to 474 households out of which 39.2 % were living in children under 18 years. 40.1% married couples living together, 16.9 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.0% were non-families. 28.1% of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 6.5 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size is 3.20 people.
The population was spread out with 22.0 % under the, 41.5 % 18-24 year olds, 20.3 % 25 -44- year-old, 11.8% 45-64 year olds and 4.5 % under the age of 65 years or more. The median age was 22 years. For every 100 females there were 102.1 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women 104.5 males.
The median household income in Olivet was 34 474 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the level of 40 781 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 30 602 U.S. dollars, compared to 19 904 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income amounted to 11,682 U.S. dollars. 10.7 % of the population and 8.0 % of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 10.2 % of minors and 5.7 % of those age 65 or over.
Education
Olivet has the Olivet High School, a Middle School and the remote Persons Elementary School.
The later priestess and Suffragette Augusta Jane Chapin began her studies in 1852 at the Olivet collage. Even William W. Blackney, who belonged to the House of Representatives of the United States in eight legislative sessions, attended this school.