Welcome to Island Mountain ...

So far, we found very little information about Island Mountain. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Island Mountain to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Island Mountain, please Contact Us.

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Island Mountain would have been located within present day Elko County<2>.

Island Mountain was founded in 1884.

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

While the community is gone, the present day location for Island Mountain is 6,670 feet [2,033 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Island Mountain is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Island Mountain was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Island Mountain was located: 775

Communities Also Named Island Mountain ...

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

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

Communities near Island Mountain ...

We have created a list of 7 communities that are near Island Mountain.

• Bruno City ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Bruno City is located in Elko County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bruno City
• Rio Tinto ‑ Historic
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Rio Tinto is located in Elko County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rio Tinto
• Mountain City
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Mountain City is located in Elko County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain City
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mountain City <4>
• Jarbidge
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jarbidge is located in Elko County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jarbidge
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jarbidge <4>
• Deep Creek ‑ Historic
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Deep Creek is located in Elko County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deep Creek
• Owyhee
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Owyhee is located in Elko County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owyhee
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Owyhee <4>
• Anderson ‑ Historic
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Anderson is located in Elko County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anderson

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

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

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

Adding Island Mountain to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Island Mountain in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Island Mountain was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Island Mountain post office opened in 1884. The Island Mountain post office closed in 1887.

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