Welcome to Mountainville ...

Mountainville is located in Hunterdon County<1>.

The location of Mountainville has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mountainville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1859.

Mountainville is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Websites for Mountainville ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.hunterdon-chamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Mountainville, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Mountainville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 4 communities that are also named Mountainville - they are located in Maine, New York, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.

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

Communities near Mountainville ...

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

• Morristown
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morristown
  • Morristown is located in Morris County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,229 people
  • Morristown has also been known as:
  • New Hanover
  • West Hanover
• Dover
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dover have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dover
  • Dover is located in Morris County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,619 people
• Phillipsburg
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phillipsburg
  • Phillipsburg is located in Warren County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,238 people
• Hackettstown
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hackettstown
  • Hackettstown is located in Warren County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,372 people
• Clinton
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clinton
  • Clinton is located in Hunterdon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,675 people
• Belvidere
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belvidere
  • Belvidere is located in Warren County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,563 people
• Crestmoore
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestmoore
  • Crestmoore is located in Morris County
• Annandale
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Annandale have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annandale
  • Annandale is located in Hunterdon County
• Whitehouse Station
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Whitehouse Station have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse Station
  • Whitehouse Station is located in Hunterdon County
• Whitehouse
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitehouse
  • Whitehouse is located in Hunterdon County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mountainville ...

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

Adding Mountainville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Mountainville post office opened in 1859.

We also found Mountainville in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mountainville.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Mountainville. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Hunterdon County: www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/

The official website for State of New Jersey: https://www.nj.gov/