Mountain Island
Mountain Island is an unincorporated community in eastern Gaston County, North Carolina, United States. Not to be confused with the Charlotte neighborhood of the same name in Mecklenburg County.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in North Carolina, United States of America
- Also known as: “Mountain Island, NC” and “Mountain Island, North Carolina”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St. Joseph’s Catholic Church.
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Church
Photo: Upstateherd, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Joseph's Catholic Church is a historic church located near Mount Holly, North Carolina, Gaston County, North Carolina. It was the fourth Catholic church built in North Carolina, the first west of Raleigh, and the first in what is today the Diocese of Charlotte.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mount Holly and Coulwood.
Mount Holly
Town
Photo: SunDawn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Charlotte Metro is a region of North and South Carolina within and surrounding the city of Charlotte in the Piedmont of the Southeastern United States. Mount Holly is situated 2½ miles south of Mountain Island.
Coulwood
Suburb
Coulwood is a collection of neighborhoods in Charlotte, North Carolina, located between the Brookshire Freeway and Mount Holly Rd. This community area was created c. 1953, and in 1958 the Coulwood Community Council was created. Coulwood is situated 4½ miles southeast of Mountain Island.
Paw Creek
Suburb
Paw Creek is primarily considered to be a community and neighborhood in the northwest part of Mecklenburg County in North Carolina. It is generally defined geographically by the original boundaries of Paw Creek Township. Paw Creek is situated 5 miles southeast of Mountain Island.
Mountain Island
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Township of Riverbend, Gaston County, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.33347° or 35° 20′ 1″ northLongitude
-80.99952° or 80° 59′ 58″ westElevation
696 feet (212 metres)Open location code
867X82M2+95OpenStreetMap ID
node 154207189OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Mountain Island” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “芒廷艾蘭 (北卡羅萊納州)”
- Chinese: “芒廷艾蘭”
- French: “Mountain Island”
- Irish: “Mountain Island”
- Spanish: “Isla de Montaña, Carolina del Norte”
- Spanish: “Isla de Montaña”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mountain Island”. Photo: southernfoodwaysalliance, CC BY 2.0.