Mountain is an unincorporated community in Oconto County, Wisconsin, United States.[1][2] The community is located at the intersection of Wisconsin Highway 32 and Wisconsin Highway 64, in the town of Mountain. It is located at latitude 45.185 and longitude -88.474 and elevation 971 feet (mean sea level).[2] The postal code for Mountain is 54149. As of the 2010 census, its population is 363.[3] For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Mountain as a census-designated place (CDP). Mountain has an area of 6.699 square miles (17.35 km2), all of it land.
History
A post office called Mountain has been in operation since 1889.[4] Mountain was platted in 1896.[5] The community was named from the hilly terrain in the area, which early drivers compared to climbing mountains.[5]
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Mountain post office -
Mountain Fire department -
Mountain High School, listed on the National Register of Historic Places -
Mountain Log Home Museum -
Looking north at the Mountain highway sign -
Mountain welcome sign
Notes
- ^ a b "Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ a b "Mountain, Oconto County, Wisconsin". Wisconsin Hometown Locator.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 15, 2011.
- ^ "Oconto County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
- ^ a b Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 105.
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