Mountain View

Geography

Mountain View is located in western Catawba County. It is bordered to the north by the town of Long View and to the northeast by the town of Brookford. The city of Hickory, located north of Brookford, has been extending its borders through annexation into the Mountain View area and now nearly splits the CDP into north and south halves. North Carolina Highway 127 passes through the community, leading north to the center of Hickory and south to NC Highway 10. U.S. Route 321, a four-lane expressway, crosses the eastern corner of the Mountain View CDP, where its Exit 42 provides access to NC 127. Exit 42 is south of US 321's intersection with Interstate 40 in Hickory. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Mountain View CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.22%, is water.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3,170
• Carolina Wren

  Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  2,866
• Carolina Chickadee

  Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves
  2,712
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  2,527
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  2,502
• Eastern Bluebird

  Sialia sialis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,338
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,151
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,048

Largest nearby schools

• Saint Stephens High
  High · Hickory · 1,265 students · 18.6:1 ratio
• Hickory High
  High · Hickory · 1,014 students · 17.2:1 ratio
• Fred T Foard High
  High · Newton · 956 students · 18:1 ratio
• Newton-Conover High
  High · Newton · 758 students · 17.2:1 ratio
• Saint Stephens Elementary
  Elementary · Conover · 698 students · 14:1 ratio
• Mountain View Elementary
  Elementary · Hickory · 686 students · 15.2:1 ratio
• Harry M Arndt Middle
  Middle · Hickory · 631 students · 16.6:1 ratio
• Newton-Conover Middle
  Middle · Conover · 603 students · 16.8:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 2.73 — 2025-08-14
  7 km N of Columbus, North Carolina
• M 2.65 — 2021-08-17
  6 km N of Morganton, North Carolina
• M 2.56 — 2021-02-04
  1 km SSW of Sparta, North Carolina
• M 2.81 — 2020-10-25
  3 km ENE of Sparta, North Carolina
• M 2.63 — 2020-10-01
  16 km W of Sparta, North Carolina
• M 2.87 — 2020-08-11
  3 km SSE of Sparta, North Carolina