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Welcome to Mountain Island ...

Mountain Island is located in Gaston County<1>.

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

A typical abbreviation for Mountain Island: Mountain Is. (in Canada, 'Isld.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Mountain Island is 690 feet [210 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Mountain Island: 704 & 980<3>

Websites for Mountain Island ...

Junior League:   www.jlgaston.org/

Communities near Mountain Island ...

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

  • Charlotte
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Gastonia
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Huntersville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Cornelius
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Harrisburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Davidson
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Belmont
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Lincolnton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Pineville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Clover
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Clover is located in York County (SC)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clover
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,800 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clover <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mountain Island ...

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

Adding Mountain Island to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mountain Island 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 Island was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Mountain Island post office opened in 1833. The Mountain Island post office closed in 1910.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Gaston, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mountain Island - 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 Mountain Island area will be assigned with one of these codes: 704 or 980. As a result, placing a call in the Mountain Island 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.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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