Mount Vernon
Sign in to saveAlso known as Mount Vernon, Oregon, Mt. Vernon, Oregon, Mount Vernon, OR
city in Grant County, Oregon, United States
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 51 inbound references to Mount Vernon, and connects out to race and ethnicity in the United States Census, United States Census Bureau and Oregon.
The entry is geolocated on the map in OR.
Vinony files it under 1948 establishments in Oregon, Cities in Grant County, Oregon and Cities in Oregon.
Vinony links it to 36 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Grant
- Mayor
- Kenny Delano
- Total
- 0.68 sq mi (1.77 km )
- Land
- 0.68 sq mi (1.77 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 2,861 ft (872 m)
- Density
- 802.8/sq mi (309.97/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 (Pacific)
- Fips code
- 41-50250
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Mount Vernon
- Population
- 548
- Area
- 1.767923
- Elevation
- 2865
- Image
- City Hall, Mount Vernon, Oregon.jpg
- Households
- 327
- Dialing code
- 541
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- postal code
- 97865
- Commons category
- Mount Vernon, Oregon
- inception
- 1948-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0
- per capita income
- 39344
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Encyclopedic overview
Mount Vernon Mount Vernon is a city in Grant County, Oregon, United States. Its post office was established in 1877 and named after a black stallion that belonged to settler David W. Jenkins. The stallion's stable, a small stone building, is still standing in a field on the north side of U.S. Highway 26 about 2.2 miles (3.5 km) east of the main intersection in town. In 1915 the ranching community had a population of 60 and a hotel at a hot springs resort approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) north. The population had grown to 451 by the 1950 census. There are a few motels and restaurants in Mount Vernon. As of the 2020 census, Mount Vernon had a population of 548.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mount Vernon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.