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Welcome to Mount Mitchell ...

Mount Mitchell is located in Cabarrus County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Mount Mitchell: Mt. Mitchell

Mount Mitchell is 750 feet [229 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Mount Mitchell lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Mount Mitchell: 704 & 980<3>

Communities Also Named Mount Mitchell ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two North Carolina communities named Mount Mitchell: This one is located in Cabarrus County and the other is located in Yancey County.

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

Communities near Mount Mitchell ...

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

  • Concord
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Huntersville
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Kannapolis
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Mooresville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Salisbury
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Cornelius
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Harrisburg
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Davidson
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • China Grove
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Midland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mount Mitchell ...

Looking for more information about Mount Mitchell? 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 Mitchell, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Mount Mitchell.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Cabarrus, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mount Mitchell - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 704 code has been Overlayed with the 980 area code. New phone numbers in the Mount Mitchell area will be assigned with one of these codes: 704 or 980. As a result, placing a call in the Mount Mitchell area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.