Mount Vernon

Also known as Mount Vernon, Illinois, Mount Vernon, IL, Mt. Vernon, IL

city located near the center of Jefferson County, Illinois, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Illinois
County: Jefferson
Townships: Mount Vernon , Shiloh , Dodds , McClellan
Total: 14.66 sq mi (37.97 km )
Land: 14.58 sq mi (37.77 km )
Water: 0.081 sq mi (0.21 km )
Elevation: 518 ft (158 m)
Density: 1,001.2/sq mi (386.56/km )
Time zone: UTC−6 ( CST )
Summer dst: UTC−5 ( CDT )
Fips code: 17-51180
Website: Official website

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Official website

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Mount Vernon
Population: 14600
Area: 34.065809
Elevation: 512
Official website: www.mtvernon.com
Image: Mount Vernon Center.jpg
Households: 6248
Dialing code: 618

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Commons category: Mount Vernon, Illinois
Commons gallery: Mount Vernon, Illinois
postal code: 62864
inception: 1817-00-00
P8168: Germigny
water as percent of area: 0.6146
per capita income: 26558

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Mount Vernon is a city in Jefferson County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. The population was 14,600 at the 2020 census. Mount Vernon is the principal city of the Mount Vernon, Illinois micropolitan area, which includes all of Jefferson and Hamilton counties.

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