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Welcome to Mountain Island ...Mountain Island is located in Gaston County<1>. The location of Mountain Island has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> 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.<3>. Time Zone: Mountain Island lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Telephone area codes for Mountain Island: (704) & (980)<4> 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.
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 for Mountain Island was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Mountain Island in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Mountain Island. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mountain Island. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Gaston County: www.co.gaston.nc.us/ The official website for State of North Carolina: https://www.nc.gov/ Footnotes ...
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