[4] A total of 41,307 persons lived within the city and micropolitan area combined, which encompasses the majority of Baxter County.

The land was owned by Simeon "Rapp" Talburt, who built the first home in the area in the early 1830s.

[5] Rapp and many of his family members are buried in a small cemetery in the Indian Creek subdivision of Mountain Home.

The Mountain Home Male and Female Academy was opened in 1853 and provided much needed education in the absence of accessible public schools.

A former boardinghouse was purchased for the purpose, but was deemed unfit for county business during the renovation process, so a new wood-frame building was built on a donated lot in the middle of the town square.

In just a few days, the fireproof safe would have been completed and all county records, including indictments, would have been protected from fire.

Mountain Home added a third floor to their existing court house due to an Arkansas law that prevented county seats from being moved away from a three-story building.

No major battles were fought in Mountain Home, but because of its proximity to Missouri, members of the union army would often raid the area for supplies and both sides participated in guerilla warfare.

In October 1862, the 14th regiment of the Missouri State Militia was ordered to advance to Yellville, Arkansas a town not far away, to attack confederate troops stationed there and to take any supplies they could along the way.

When they heard that a larger force of confederate soldiers were also heading for Yellville, and facing the rising waters of the White River, they decided to content themselves with stealing approximately 50 horses and other supplies[10] from local settlers in the Mountain Home area and then retreat.

[11] In April 1864, Mountain Home was again involved with Civil war violence when a group of jayhawkers attacked the town.

It operated for 40 years, offering education in French, Greek, Shorthand and typing as well as teacher training.

The Great Depression hit the area hard, causing many local farmers to lose their land and leave.

An average of 815 were employed building the dam, providing a much needed economic boost to Mountain home and the surrounding area.

[15] In addition to flood control, the Norfork Dam boosted tourist interest in Baxter County and made Mountain Home a more attractive destination than Cotter for the first time, and Mountain Home began to surpass its riverfront neighbor in population and industry.

[16] This meant Mountain Home was situated between two large lakes and within an easy drive to one of the most famous destinations for fishing in the country at that time.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 11.7 square miles (30.4 km2), all land.

The line encompasses 506 miles of track from Pleasant Hill, Missouri to Diaz Junction, Arkansas.

K26GS-D operates KL7 in Mountain Home on public access and provides local interest pieces and news.

Mountain Home has a live theater known as the Twin Lakes Playhouse, which opened in 1971 and has operated continuously since then.

The school plays in the 6A/7A East Athletic Conference in basketball, football, baseball, softball, track and field, soccer, wrestling, cross country, volleyball and swimming.