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Welcome to Line Mountain ...

Line Mountain is located in Northumberland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Line Mountain, you might consider that their post office opened in 1844.

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

Line Mountain is 750 feet [229 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Line Mountain: 570 & 272<3>

Communities near Line Mountain ...

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

  • Pottsville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Sunbury
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Sunbury is located in Northumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunbury
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,322 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sunbury <4>
  • Shamokin
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Shamokin is located in Northumberland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shamokin
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,909 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shamokin <4>
  • Selinsgrove
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Mount Carmel
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Danville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Minersville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Frackville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Northumberland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Saint Clair
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Line Mountain ...

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

Adding Line Mountain to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Line Mountain 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 Line Mountain was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Line Mountain post office opened in 1844. The Line Mountain post office closed in 1910.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Northumberland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Line Mountain - 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 570 code has been Overlayed with the 272 area code. New phone numbers in the Line Mountain area will be assigned with one of these codes: 570 or 272. As a result, placing a call in the Line Mountain 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>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/