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Welcome to Mountain Peak ...Mountain Peak is located Mountain Peak is located in Ellis County<1>. The location of Mountain Peak has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Mountain Peak, you might consider that their post office opened in 1878. A typical abbreviation for Mountain Peak: Mtn. Peak Mountain Peak is 760 feet [232 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Mountain Peak lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Mountain Peak. We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Mountain Peak. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mountain Peak. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Mountain Peak. 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 Mountain Peak. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Mountain Peak. See our Newspapers Page for Mountain Peak. Looking for more information about Mountain Peak? 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 Mountain Peak, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Mountain Peak. We originally found mention of Mountain Peak 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 Mountain Peak was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> We also found Mountain Peak in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).
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