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Welcome to Mount Hood ...

Mount Hood is located in Hood River County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mount Hood, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1890.

A typical abbreviation for Mount Hood: Mt. Hood

Mount Hood is 1,530 feet [466 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Mount Hood lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Mount Hood: 541 & 458<3>

Communities Also Named Mount Hood ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Oregon communities named Mount Hood: This one is located in Hood River County and the other is located in Wasco County.

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

Websites for Mount Hood ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.hoodriver.org/

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

Communities near Mount Hood ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mount Hood ...

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

Adding Mount Hood to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mount Hood 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 Mount Hood was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Mount Hood post office opened in 1890.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mount Hood.

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

The official website for Hood River County: www.co.hood-river.or.us/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Hood River, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mount Hood - 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 541 code has been Overlayed with the 458 area code. New phone numbers in the Mount Hood area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Mount Hood area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.
<6>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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