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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

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 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.

  • Suring
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • White Lake
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Lake
    • White Lake is located in Langlade County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 353 people
  • Breed
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Breed. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breed
    • Breed is located in Oconto County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Breed
    • From Mountain to Breed
  • Townsend
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Frostville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Hickory Corners
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Freeman
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Freeman. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Freeman
    • Freeman is located in Langlade County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Freeman
    • From Mountain to Freeman
  • Legend Lake
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Legend Lake have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Legend Lake
    • Legend Lake is located in Menominee County
  • Lily
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Lily. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lily
    • Lily is located in Langlade County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Lily
    • From Mountain to Lily
  • Gillett
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gillett have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gillett
    • Gillett is located in Oconto County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,306 people

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 for Mountain was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Mountain post office opened in 1889.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mountain.

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

The official website for Oconto County: www.co.oconto.wi.us/

The official website for State of Wisconsin: https://www.wisconsin.gov/

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>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.
<5>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.
<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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