Mountain is an unincorporated community in Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States.

Mountain is located in extreme northeastern Ritchie County along West Virginia Route 74 and the Hughes River, 6.2 miles (10.0 km) north-northeast of Pennsboro.

[2] The community was known as Mole Hill prior to 1949, when residents requested that the name be changed to Mountain[1] as part of a publicity stunt to literally make a mountain out of a molehill.

[3] The post office ultimately closed on November 9, 2002.

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