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Welcome to Mountain ...

Mountain is located in Oconto County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mountain, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Mountain has a population of 841 people<2> (see below for details).

Mountain is 970 feet [296 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Code for Mountain: 534

The ZIP code for Mountain: 54149<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Mountain had an population of 841 people. This is an increase of 2.31% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 2.21% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Mountain had a population of 822 people. This makes Mountain the county's 18th most populous community.

The population of Mountain represents 0.01% of the total population of Wisconsin (which has 5,686,986 people), making it the state's 1060th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 822 people, the population of Mountain decreased 4.42% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 860 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Mountain.

Communities Also Named Mountain ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Mountain - they are located in Manitoba, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, Ontario, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Mountain ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Mountain to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of 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 (so far) for Mountain was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Mountain post office opened in 1889.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mountain.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Oconto, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Mountain.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mountain - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a community (such as Mountain). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Mountain or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<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/