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Welcome to Vein Mountain ...

Vein Mountain is located in McDowell County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Vein Mountain, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

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

Vein Mountain is 1,040 feet [317 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Vein Mountain: 828

Communities near Vein Mountain ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Vein 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 Vein Mountain. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Vein Mountain.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Vein Mountain ...

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

Adding Vein Mountain to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Vein 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 Vein Mountain was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Vein Mountain post office opened in 1886. The Vein Mountain post office closed in 1947.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of North Carolina's counties, including McDowell, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Vein Mountain - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/