Mountain (CDP), Wisconsin
Mountain is an unincorporated census-designated place 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] 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]
Images
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Mountain post office
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Fire department
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Mountain High School, listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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Mountain Log Home Museum
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Looking north at the Mountain highway sign
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Welcome sign
Notes
- ↑ "Mountain (CDP), Wisconsin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Mountain, Oconto County, Wisconsin". Wisconsin Hometown Locator.
- ↑ "American FactFinder". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
- ↑ "Oconto County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 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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Coordinates: 45°11′06″N 88°28′26″W / 45.185°N 88.474°W