Mountain is an

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Oconto County, Wisconsin Oconto County is a county (United States), county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 38,965. Its county seat is Oconto, Wisconsin, Oconto. The county was established in 1851. ...

, United States. The community is located at the intersection of

Wisconsin Highway 32 State Trunk Highway 32 (often called Highway 32, STH-32 or WIS 32) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin that runs north–south in the eastern part of the state. It runs from the Illinois border (at Illinois Route 137) north to the ...

and

Wisconsin Highway 64 State Trunk Highway 64 (WIS 64) is a highway in Wisconsin, which runs from the St. Croix Crossing bridge as a continuation of Minnesota State Highway 36 (MN 36) near Stillwater, Minnesota, and continues east to its eastern terminus ...

, in the town of

Mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher t ...

. It is located at

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45.185 and longitude -88.474 and elevation 971 feet (mean sea level). The postal code for Mountain is 54149. The post office in Mountain was established in 1889, and remains in operation today. As of the 2020 census, its population was 289, down from 363 at the 2010 census. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Mountain as a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

(CDP). Mountain has an area of , all of it land.

History

A post office called Mountain has been in operation since 1889. Mountain was

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ted in 1896. The community was named from the hilly terrain in the area, which early drivers compared to climbing mountains.

Images

File:MountainWisconsinPostOfficeWIS32WIS64.jpg, Mountain post office File:MountainFireDepartmentWisconsinWIS32WIS64.jpg, Mountain Fire department File:MountainWisconsinHighSchoolNRHP.jpg, Mountain High School, listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

File:MountainLogHomeMuseumWIS32WIS64.jpg, Mountain Log Home Museum File:MountainWisconsinSignWIS32WIS64.jpg, Looking north at the Mountain highway sign File:MountainWisconsinWelcomeSignWIS32WIS64.jpg, Mountain welcome sign

Notes

Census-designated places in Oconto County, Wisconsin Census-designated places in Wisconsin {{OcontoCountyWI-geo-stub