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Welcome to Red Mountain ...

Red Mountain is located in Durham County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Red Mountain, you might consider that their post office opened in 1825.

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

Red Mountain is 480 feet [146 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Red Mountain: 919 & 984<3>

Communities Also Named Red Mountain ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Red Mountain - they are located in California, Colorado (2) and Montana.

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

Communities near Red Mountain ...

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

  • Durham
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Oxford
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Oxford is located in Granville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oxford
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,905 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oxford <4>
  • Roxboro
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Butner
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Hillsborough
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Creedmoor
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Stem
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Stem is located in Granville County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stem
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 474 people
  • Bahama
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Moriah
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Moriah is located in Person County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moriah
  • Timberlake
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Red Mountain ...

Looking for more information about Red 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Red Mountain, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Red Mountain.

Adding Red Mountain to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Red 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 (so far) for Red Mountain was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Red Mountain post office opened in 1825. The Red Mountain post office closed in 1903.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including Durham, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Red Mountain - 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 919 code has been Overlayed with the 984 area code. New phone numbers in the Red Mountain area will be assigned with one of these codes: 919 or 984. As a result, placing a call in the Red Mountain 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/