Welcome to Mountain Home ...

Mountain Home is located in Albany County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Mountain Home, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

A typical abbreviation for Mountain Home: Mtn. Home

Mountain Home is 8,760 feet [2,670 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Mountain Home is about 1¾ mile [or ~2¾ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Mountain Home lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Mountain Home: 307

Communities Also Named Mountain Home ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 12 communities that are also named Mountain Home - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), California (2), Idaho (2), North Carolina (2), Tennessee, Texas and Utah.

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

Communities near Mountain Home ...

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

• Walden
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Walden is located in Jackson County (CO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Walden
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 609 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Walden <3>
• Foxpark
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Foxpark is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Foxpark
• Kings Canyon
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Kings Canyon is located in Jackson County (CO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Canyon
• Jelm
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jelm is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jelm
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Jelm <3>
• Northgate
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Northgate is located in Jackson County (CO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northgate
• Woods Landing
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Woods Landing is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Landing
• Cowdrey
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Cowdrey is located in Jackson County (CO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowdrey
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cowdrey <3>
• Albany
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Albany is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
• Keystone
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Keystone is located in Albany County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keystone
  • Keystone has also been known as:
  • Douglas Creek
• Brownlee ‑ Historic
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Brownlee is located in Jackson County (CO)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownlee

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mountain Home ...

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

Adding Mountain Home to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Mountain Home post office opened in 1886. The Mountain Home post office closed in 1891.

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