Mount Vernon
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city in Posey County, Indiana, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Indiana
- County
- Posey
- Township
- Black
- Mayor
- Steve Loehr ( R )
- Total
- 2.92 sq mi (7.56 km )
- Land
- 2.88 sq mi (7.45 km )
- Water
- 0.042 sq mi (0.11 km ) 1.75%
- Elevation
- 413 ft (126 m)
- Density
- 2,256.2/sq mi (871.13/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 ( CDT )
- Area codes
- 812 , 930
- Fips code
- 18-51732
- Website
- www .mountvernonin .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Named after
- Mount Vernon
- Official name
- Mount Vernon
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Posey County
- Population
- 6493
- Area
- 7.40243
- Elevation
- 122
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Body of water
- Ohio River
- Capital of
- Posey County
- Official website
- www.mountvernon.in.gov
- Image
- Posey County Courthouse, Mount Vernon, IN.jpg
- Households
- 3037
- Dialing code
- 812
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- Commons category
- Mount Vernon, Indiana
- postal code
- 47620
- inception
- 1788-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 1.7667
- per capita income
- 31598
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Mount Vernon is a city in and the county seat of Posey County, Indiana, United States. Located in the state's far southwestern corner, within 15 miles (24 km) of both the southernmost or westernmost points, it is the westernmost city in the state. The southernmost is Rockport, located along the Ohio River about 40 miles (64 km) to the southeast.
As of the 2020 census, Mount Vernon had a population of 6,493. It is located in Black Township and is part of the Evansville, Indiana, metropolitan area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mount Vernon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.