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Welcome to Cedar Mountain ...

Cedar Mountain is located in King County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cedar Mountain, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1888.

A typical abbreviation for Cedar Mountain: Cedar Mtn. (or less commonly used: Cedar Mntn.)

Cedar Mountain is 210 feet [64 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Cedar Mountain lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Cedar Mountain ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Cedar Mountain - it's located in North Carolina.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cedar Mountain.

Communities near Cedar Mountain ...

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

  • Seattle
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Bellevue
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Kent
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
    • Kent is located in King County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 130,676 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kent <3>
  • Renton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Federal Way
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Kirkland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Auburn
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Redmond
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Sammamish
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Burien
    (12 miles [19.3 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 Cedar Mountain. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cedar Mountain.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cedar Mountain ...

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

Adding Cedar Mountain to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Cedar Mountain post office opened in 1888.

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

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including King, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cedar Mountain - 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 their list with background information can be found at:

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