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Welcome to Pilot Mountain ...

The town of Pilot Mountain is located in Surry County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pilot Mountain, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1857.

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

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Pilot Mountain has a population of 1,412 people<2> (see below for details).

Pilot Mountain is 1,120 feet [341 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Codes for Pilot Mountain: 336 & 743<4>

The ZIP code for Pilot Mountain: 27041<5>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Pilot Mountain had an population of 1,412 people. This is a decrease of 4.4% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 10.23% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Pilot Mountain had a population of 1,477 people. This makes Pilot Mountain the county's 4th most populous community.

The population of Pilot Mountain represents 0.02% of the population of North Carolina (which has 9,535,483 people), making it the state's 290th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 1,477 people, the population of Pilot Mountain increased 15.3% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 1,281 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Pilot Mountain.

Communities Also Named Pilot Mountain ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Pilot Mountain - it's located in Tennessee.

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

Communities near Pilot Mountain ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pilot Mountain ...

Looking for more information about Pilot Mountain? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Pilot Mountain, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Pilot Mountain.

Adding Pilot Mountain to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Pilot Mountain 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 Pilot Mountain was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<9>

From that list, the Pilot Mountain post office opened in 1857.

We also found Pilot Mountain in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

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>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Pilot Mountain.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Pilot Mountain - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 Pilot Mountain area will be assigned with one of these codes: 336 or 743. As a result, placing a call in the Pilot Mountain area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a town (such as Pilot Mountain). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Pilot Mountain or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<6>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<8>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<9>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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