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Welcome to Mount Willing ...

Mount Willing is located in Lowndes County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mount Willing, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1833.

A typical abbreviation for Mount Willing: Mt. Willing

Mount Willing is 300 feet [91 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Mount Willing lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Mount Willing: 334

Communities Also Named Mount Willing ...

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mount Willing.

Communities near Mount Willing ...

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

  • Greenville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Fort Deposit
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Mosses
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosses
    • Mosses is located in Lowndes County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 893 people
  • Hayneville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • White Hall
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Hall
    • White Hall is located in Lowndes County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 737 people
  • Gordonville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordonville
    • Gordonville is located in Lowndes County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 251 people
  • Lowndesboro
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Benton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Benton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton
    • Benton is located in Lowndes County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 40 people
  • Bragg's
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Bragg's. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bragg's
    • Bragg's is located in Lowndes County
  • Collirene
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Collirene. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Collirene
    • Collirene is located in Lowndes County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mount Willing ...

Looking for more information about Mount Willing? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Mount Willing, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Mount Willing.

Adding Mount Willing to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mount Willing in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Mount Willing was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Mount Willing post office opened in 1833.

We also found Mount Willing in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Lowndes, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mount Willing - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/