 It has an advertising sign posted for Olivesburg Dynamite, indicating the town once had a manufacturer of explosives.The store serves today as a convenience store selling to tourists visiting the Amish country of Ohio; they offer a t-shirt claiming Olivesburg is the "Road Apple Capital".Population of Olivesburg is officially posted on a state highway sign on as 813, though it would be hard to confirm since the same sign has been there since the early 1970s.