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Mount Vernon
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city in Westchester County, New York, United States
Mount Vernon is a city located in Westchester County, New York. It is a significant urban area in the region north of New York City.
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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New York
- County
- Westchester
- Type
- Mayor-Council
- Mayor
- Shawyn Patterson-Howard ( D )
- City council
- Members' List Derrick Thompson ( D ) President Danielle Browne ( D ) President Pro Tempore Cathlin Gleason ( D ) Acting President Pro Tempore Lisa Copeland ( D ) Edward Poteat ( D )
- Total
- 4.41 sq mi (11.42 km )
- Land
- 4.39 sq mi (11.38 km )
- Water
- 0.015 sq mi (0.04 km )
- Elevation
- 108 ft (33 m)
- Density
- 16,823.9/sq mi (6,495.76/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( Eastern )
- Postal codes
- 10550, 10552, 10553
- Fips code
- 36-49121
- Gnis feature id
- 0957917
- Website
- https://www.mountvernonny.gov/
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Mount Vernon
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Westchester County
- Population
- 73893
- Area
- 11.403425
- Elevation
- 33
- Official website
- cmvny.com
- Image
- Mt Vernon Municipal Bldg jeh.jpg
- Households
- 27180
- Dialing code
- 914
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- Commons category
- Mount Vernon, New York
- topic's main category
- Category:Mount Vernon, New York
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Mount Vernon, New York
- postal code
- 10553
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Mount Vernon, New York
- inception
- 1892-00-00
- different from
- Mount Vernon
- P8168
- Nizhnyaya Pitsa
- water as percent of area
- 0.3909
- per capita income
- 34604
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- P12749
- Salar de Uyuni
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Encyclopedic overview
Mount Vernon is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States. It is an inner suburb of New York City, immediately to the north of the borough of the Bronx. As of the 2020 census, Mount Vernon had a population of 73,893, making it the eighth-largest city in the state and largest African-American majority city in the state. Mount Vernon has 12,898 Jamaicans with African and Indian descent that had immigrated from their homeland of Jamaica after the country gained its independence from Britain on August 6, 1962.
Mount Vernon has two major sections. South-side Mount Vernon is more urban, while north-side Mount Vernon is more residential. Mount Vernon's downtown business district is on the city's south side, which includes City Hall, Mount Vernon's main post office, Mount Vernon Public Library, office buildings, and other municipal establishments.
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