Welcome to Red Mountain ...

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

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

Red Mountain would have been located within present day Silver Bow County<2>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Red Mountain, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1880.

A typical abbreviation for Red Mountain: Red Mtn. (or less commonly used: Red Mntn.)

While the community is gone, the present day location for Red Mountain is 7,520 feet [2,292 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Red Mountain is about 1½ mile [or ~2¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Red Mountain was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Red Mountain still existed, it would have been in the (406) area code.

Communities Also Named Red Mountain ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Red Mountain - they are located in California, Colorado (2) and North Carolina.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Red Mountain.

Communities near Red Mountain ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Red Mountain.

• Butte - Silver Bow
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butte - Silver Bow have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butte - Silver Bow
  • Butte - Silver Bow is located in Silver Bow County
  • Estimated population in 2019: 34,207 people
• Whitehall
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitehall have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehall
  • Whitehall is located in Jefferson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,160 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Whitehall <5>
• Walkerville
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walkerville
  • Walkerville is located in Silver Bow County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 715 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walkerville <5>
• Twin Bridges
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Twin Bridges have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twin Bridges
  • Twin Bridges is located in Madison County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 434 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Twin Bridges <5>
• Moose Town
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Moose Town have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moose Town
  • Moose Town is located in Silver Bow County
• Janney
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Janney
  • Janney is located in Silver Bow County
• Divide
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Divide
  • Divide is located in Silver Bow County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Divide <5>
• Silver Star
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silver Star
  • Silver Star is located in Madison County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silver Star <5>
• Butte
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butte
  • Butte is located in Silver Bow County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Butte <5>
• Melrose
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
  • Melrose is located in Silver Bow County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Melrose <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 Red Mountain. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Red Mountain.

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

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

Adding Red Mountain to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Red Mountain 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 Red Mountain was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Red Mountain post office opened in 1880.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Red Mountain.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Montana: https://mt.gov/