Welcome to Mound City ...

So far, we found very little information about Mound City. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Mound City to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Mound City, please Contact Us.

Mound City would have been located within present day San Bernardino County<2>.

The location of Mound City has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mound City, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Mound City is 1,060 feet [323 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Mound City was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Mound City still existed, it would have been in the (909) area code.

Communities Also Named Mound City ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Mound City - they are located in Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, Mississippi (2), Missouri, South Dakota, Texas and Utah.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mound City.

Communities near Mound City ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Mound City.

• Riverside
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
  • Riverside is located in Riverside County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 330,786 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riverside <5>
• San Bernardino
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Bernardino
  • San Bernardino is located in San Bernardino County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 217,491 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for San Bernardino <5>
• Fontana
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fontana
  • Fontana is located in San Bernardino County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 216,173 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Fontana <5>
• Moreno Valley
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moreno Valley
  • Moreno Valley is located in Riverside County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 212,349 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moreno Valley <5>
• Rancho Cucamonga
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rancho Cucamonga
  • Rancho Cucamonga is located in San Bernardino County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 178,849 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rancho Cucamonga <5>
• Jurupa Valley
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jurupa Valley
  • Jurupa Valley is located in Riverside County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 109,745 people
• Rialto
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rialto
  • Rialto is located in San Bernardino County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 104,132 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rialto <5>
• Perris
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perris
  • Perris is located in Riverside County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 79,011 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Perris <5>
• Redlands
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redlands
  • Redlands is located in San Bernardino County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 72,271 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Redlands <5>
• Eastvale
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eastvale
  • Eastvale is located in Riverside County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eastvale <5>

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 Mound City. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mound City.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Mound City. 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 Mound City.

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

Adding Mound City to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mound City in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Mound City was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mound City.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for San Bernardino County: www.sbcounty.gov/

The official website for State of California: https://www.ca.gov/