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Welcome to Mount Landing ...

Mount Landing is located in Essex County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mount Landing, you might consider that their post office opened in 1853.

A typical abbreviation for Mount Landing: Mount Lndg. (or less commonly used: Mount Lndng.)

Mount Landing is 130 feet [40 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Mount Landing: 804 & 686<3>

Communities near Mount Landing ...

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

  • Tappahannock
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Warsaw
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Montross
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Naylors
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Naylors is located in Richmond County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Naylors
  • Lloyds
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Lloyds is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lloyds
  • Dunnsville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Millers Tavern
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Millers Tavern is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millers Tavern
  • Minor
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Minor is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minor
  • Beazley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Beazley is located in Essex County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beazley
  • Cauthornville
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Cauthornville is located in King and Queen County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cauthornville

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mount Landing ...

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

Adding Mount Landing to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Mount Landing post office opened in 1853. The Mount Landing post office closed in 1960.

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Essex, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mount Landing - 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 804 code has been Overlayed with the 686 area code. New phone numbers in the Mount Landing area will be assigned with one of these codes: 804 or 686. As a result, placing a call in the Mount Landing 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/