Welcome to Mount Airy ...

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

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

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Mount Airy would have been located within present day Lander County<2>.

Mount Airy was founded in 1861.

A typical abbreviation for Mount Airy: Mt. Airy

While the community is gone, the present day location for Mount Airy is 6,680 feet [2,036 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Mount Airy is about 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

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

The Area Code where Mount Airy was located: 775

Communities Also Named Mount Airy ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 23 communities that are also named Mount Airy - they are located in Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio (2), Pennsylvania (5), Tennessee (2), Texas, Virginia (4) and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Mount Airy ...

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

• Jacobsville ‑ Historic
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Jacobsville is located in Lander County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobsville
• Canon City ‑ Historic
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Canon City is located in Lander County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canon City
• Lander City ‑ Historic
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Lander City is located in Lander County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lander City
• Clifton ‑ Historic
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Clifton is located in Lander County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
• Amador ‑ Historic
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Amador is located in Lander County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amador
• Austin
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Austin is located in Lander County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Austin <4>
• Canyon City ‑ Historic
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Canyon City is located in Lander County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canyon City
• Yankee Blade ‑ Historic
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Yankee Blade is located in Lander County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Blade
• Victorine ‑ Historic
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Victorine is located in Nye County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victorine
• Kingston
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Kingston is located in Lander County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingston

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Mount Airy. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mount Airy.

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

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