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Welcome to Green Mount ...

Green Mount is located in Rockingham County<1>.


We aren't confident of the location of Green Mount, so consider the above location as an estimate.<2>


While we don't have a date for the founding of Green Mount, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1855.

A typical abbreviation for Green Mount: Green Mt. (or less commonly used: Green Mnt.)

Green Mount is 1,250 feet [381 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The telephone area code for Green Mount: (540)

Communities near Green Mount ...

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

  • Harrisonburg
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Bridgewater
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Broadway
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Elkton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
    • Elkton is located in Rockingham County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,914 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elkton <4>
  • Grottoes
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Timberville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Shenandoah
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shenandoah have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shenandoah
    • Shenandoah is located in Page County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,334 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shenandoah <4>
  • New Market
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Dayton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
    • Dayton is located in Rockingham County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,642 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dayton <4>
  • Mount Crawford
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Green Mount ...

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

Adding Green Mount to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Green Mount 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 Green Mount was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Green Mount post office opened in 1855.

We also found Green Mount in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

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

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Green Mount. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Rockingham County: www.co.rockingham.va.us/

The official website for State of Virginia: https://www.virginia.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Rockingham, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Green Mount - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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