Mountain, ND

Mountain is a city in Thingvalla Township, Pembina County, North Dakota, United States. The 2020 census counted 80 residents. Mountain was founded in 1884. The community was the destination of many Icelandic immigrants who began arriving in 1879. That mix gives Mountain a clear local shape within North Dakota, with older layers still visible in current places. The local scoop is a place whose streets, landmarks, and institutions keep its earlier story close to the present. Geir Haarde, a former prime minister of Iceland, attended the Annual 2 August Celebration in 2007. Pastor Pall Thorlaksson is known as the Father of the Icelandic Settlement in Dakota which is centered around Mountain, first known by the name, VIK, which means cove. Mountain includes a post office called Mountain.