Welcome to Mount Lemmon ...

Mount Lemmon is located in Pima County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mount Lemmon, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1945.

A typical abbreviation for Mount Lemmon: Mt. Lemon

Time Zone: Mount Lemmon lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

Mount Lemmon lies within the (520) area code.

The ZIP code for Mount Lemmon: 85619<2>

Communities near Mount Lemmon ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Mount Lemmon.

• Tucson
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucson
  • Tucson is located in Pima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 553,571 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tucson <3>
• Oro Valley
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oro Valley
  • Oro Valley is located in Pima County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 46,678 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oro Valley <3>
• Willow Canyon
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Canyon
  • Willow Canyon is located in Pima County
• Campo Bonito ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Campo Bonito
  • Campo Bonito is located in Pinal County
• Catalina
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catalina
  • Catalina is located in Pima County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Catalina <3>
• Oracle
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oracle
  • Oracle is located in Pinal County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oracle <3>
• Catalina Foothills
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catalina Foothills
  • Catalina Foothills is located in Pima County
• San Manuel
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Manuel
  • San Manuel is located in Pinal County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Manuel <3>
• Tanque Verde
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tanque Verde
  • Tanque Verde is located in Pima County
• Casas Adobes
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Casas Adobes
  • Casas Adobes is located in Pima County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Casas Adobes <3>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Mount Lemmon. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mount Lemmon.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Mount Lemmon. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mount Lemmon.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Mount Lemmon. See our Newspapers Page for Mount Lemmon.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mount Lemmon ...

Looking for more information about Mount Lemmon? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Mount Lemmon, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Mount Lemmon.

Adding Mount Lemmon to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mount Lemmon in the FIPS-55 file. For more information, see the Referenced FIPS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Mount Lemmon was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Mount Lemmon post office opened in 1945.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mount Lemmon.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mount Lemmon. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Pima County: www.co.pima.az.us/

The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/