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Welcome to Mountainville ...

Mountainville is located in Orange County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mountainville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1871.

Mountainville is 290 feet [88 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Mountainville: 845 & 329<3>

The ZIP code for Mountainville: 10953<4>

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 Jersey, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.

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

Websites for Mountainville ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.orangeny.org/

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

Communities near Mountainville ...

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

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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Mountainville, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on 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 (so far) for Mountainville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Mountainville post office opened in 1871.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mountainville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Orange, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mountainville - 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 845 code has been Overlayed with the 329 area code. New phone numbers in the Mountainville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 845 or 329. As a result, placing a call in the Mountainville area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Mountainville). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Mountainville or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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/