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Welcome to Mountain Park ...

Mountain Park is located in Surry County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mountain Park, you might consider that their post office opened in 1925.

A typical abbreviation for Mountain Park: Mtn. Park

Mountain Park is 1,280 feet [390 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Mountain Park: 336 & 743<3>

Communities Also Named Mountain Park ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Mountain Park - they are located in Alabama, Alberta, Florida, Georgia (3), Massachusetts, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania (2) and Utah.

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

Communities near Mountain Park ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mountain Park ...

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

Adding Mountain Park to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Mountain Park post office opened in 1925. The Mountain Park post office closed in 1968.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Surry, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mountain Park - 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 336 code has been Overlayed with the 743 area code. New phone numbers in the Mountain Park area will be assigned with one of these codes: 336 or 743. As a result, placing a call in the Mountain Park 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/