Olivet, Illinois


Olivet is a census-designated place in Elwood Township, Vermilion County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 428.

Education

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.
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.

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."

Education

It is within the Georgetown-Ridge Farm Consolidated Unit School District 4.