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Mount Vernon
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city in Skagit County, Washington, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Washington
- County
- Skagit
- Incorporated
- July 5, 1889
- Named after
- Mount Vernon
- Type
- Mayor–council
- Mayor
- Peter Donovan
- City
- 12.63 sq mi (32.70 km )
- Land
- 12.30 sq mi (31.85 km )
- Water
- 0.32 sq mi (0.84 km ) 2.58%
- Elevation
- 197 ft (60 m)
- Estimate 2024
- 35,344
- Density
- 2,864/sq mi (1,105.7/km )
- Urban
- 62,966 (US: 435th )
- Metro
- 130,696 (US: 313th )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( PST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 (PDT)
- Zip codes
- 98273, 98274
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Mount Vernon
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Skagit County
- Population
- 35219
- Area
- 32.658577
- Elevation
- 180
- Capital of
- Skagit County
- Official website
- mountvernonwa.gov
- Image
- Mount Vernon WA 04.jpg
- Households
- 12679
- Dialing code
- 360
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- Commons category
- Mount Vernon, Washington
- topic's main category
- Category:Mount Vernon, Washington
- postal code
- 98274
- P8168
- Hadravova Rosička
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Mount Vernon, Washington
- inception
- 1870-01-01
- water as percent of area
- 2.44
- per capita income
- 29063
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Encyclopedic overview
Mount Vernon is the county seat of and the most populous city in Skagit County, Washington, United States. A central location in the Skagit River Valley, the city is located 51 miles (82 km) south of the Canadian border and 60 miles (97 km) north of Seattle. The population was 35,219 at the 2020 census, making it the 35th most-populous city in Washington, with 62,966 people living in its urban area. It is one of two principal cities of and included in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes Metropolitan Statistical Area, covering most of Skagit County.
Mount Vernon and its surrounding areas are known for its annual Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, which has Mount Vernon host a street fair in downtown once a year, with millions of tulips grown in the Skagit Valley every year. Between the 2000 and 2020 census, Mount Vernon grew by 34.3%, and is a prominent location in Northwestern Washington, connected to neighboring communities via I-5 and Amtrak (with Skagit Station).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mount Vernon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.