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Welcome to Mound ...

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

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

Mound would have been located within present day Lane County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mound, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Mound is 750 feet [229 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Codes where Mound was located: 541 & 458<4>

Communities Also Named Mound ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Mound - they are located in Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, Texas and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Mound ...

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

  • Veneta
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Drain
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Drain is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drain
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,201 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Drain <5>
  • Elkton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Crow
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Crow is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crow
  • Long Tom
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Long Tom is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Tom
  • Lorane
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Noti
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Walton
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Elmira
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Fern Ridge Shores
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Fern Ridge Shores is located in Lane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fern Ridge Shores

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

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

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

Adding Mound to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mound 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 Mound was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Mound post office opened in 1892. The Mound post office closed in 1910.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mound.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Mound, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Lane, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mound - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 541 code has been Overlayed with the 458 area code. New phone numbers in the Mound area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Mound area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<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/