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Welcome to Mount Verd ...

Mount Verd is located in McMinn County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mount Verd, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

A typical abbreviation for Mount Verd: Mt. Verd

Mount Verd is 950 feet [290 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel west from Mount Verd (for example, toward Dunlap), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Mount Verd: 423 & 729<3>

Communities near Mount Verd ...

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

  • Sweetwater
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Madisonville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Etowah
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Surprise
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Surprise is located in Meigs County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,799 people
  • Decatur
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Englewood
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Lakewood Village
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Lakewood Village is located in Rhea County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakewood Village
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 990 people
  • Tellico Plains
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Philadelphia
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Niota
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mount Verd ...

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

Adding Mount Verd to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Mount Verd post office opened in 1884. The Mount Verd post office closed in 1895.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including McMinn, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mount Verd - 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 423 code has been Overlayed with the 729 area code. New phone numbers in the Mount Verd area will be assigned with one of these codes: 423 or 729. As a result, placing a call in the Mount Verd 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/