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Welcome to Mountain Peak ...

Mountain Peak is located

Mountain Peak is located in Ellis County<1>.

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.<2>.

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

Communities near Mountain Peak ...

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

  • Mansfield
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • DeSoto
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Cedar Hill
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Waxahachie
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Lancaster
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Duncanville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Midlothian
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Glenn Heights
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Red Oak
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Keene
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Keene is located in Johnson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keene
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,588 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keene <3>

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 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.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages 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.

Adding Mountain Peak to Our Gazetteer ...

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 (so far) for Mountain Peak was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Mountain Peak post office opened in 1878. The Mountain Peak post office closed in 1906.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Ellis, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mountain Peak - 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/