Welcome to Mountain Home ...The city of Mountain Home is located in Elmore County<1> and is the County Seat for Elmore County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Mountain Home, you might consider that their post office opened in 1876. A typical abbreviation for Mountain Home: Mtn. Home From the Census Estimates for 2019, Mountain Home has a population of 14,456 people<2> (see below for details). Mountain Home is 3,140 feet [957 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Mountain Home is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: Mountain Home lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Mountain Home: 208 & 986<4> The ZIP code for Mountain Home: 83647<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Mountain Home had an population of 14,456 people. This is an increase of 1.76% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 29.73% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Mountain Home had a population of 14,206 people (which is 52.38% of the total population of Elmore County). This makes Mountain Home the county's most populous community. The population of Mountain Home represents 0.91% of the population of Idaho (which has 1,567,582 people), making it the state's 15th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 14,206 people, the population of Mountain Home increased 27.49% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 11,143 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Mountain Home. Communities Also Named Mountain Home ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Idaho communities named Mountain Home: This one is located in Elmore County and the other is located in Latah County. Beyond Idaho, there are 12 communities that are also named Mountain Home - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), California (2), North Carolina (2), Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mountain Home. Websites for Mountain Home ...Official Website: www.ci.mountain-home.id.us/ Communities near Mountain Home ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Mountain Home.
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 Mountain Home. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mountain Home. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Mountain Home. 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 Mountain Home. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Mountain Home. Our list includes 14 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Mountain Home. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mountain Home ...Looking for more information about Mountain Home? 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 Mountain Home, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Mountain Home. Adding Mountain Home to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Mountain Home 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 (so far) for Mountain Home was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Mountain Home. Footnotes ...
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