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Welcome to Mount Houston ...

Mount Houston is located on the Gulf Coast.

Mount Houston is located in Harris County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mount Houston, you might consider that their post office opened in 1910.

A typical abbreviation for Mount Houston: Mt. Houston

Mount Houston is 60 feet [18 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Mount Houston lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities near Mount Houston ...

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

  • Houston
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Pasadena
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Deer Park
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Bellaire
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • South Houston
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Humble
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • West University Place
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Galena Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jacinto City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jersey Village
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mount Houston ...

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

Adding Mount Houston to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mount Houston 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 Mount Houston was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Mount Houston post office opened in 1910. The Mount Houston post office closed in 1918.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Harris, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mount Houston - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/