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Mount Vernon is located in Erie County.
Typical abbreviation for Mount Vernon: Mt. Vernon (or less commonly used: Mnt. Vernon)
Mount Vernon is 180 feet [54.86 m] above sea level.<1>
Time Zone: Mount Vernon lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time.
Communities that are also named Mount Vernon can be found in:
While we we don't have population counts for Mount Vernon, we do have some information about the surrounding area on the Census Page for Mount Vernon).
The following is a sample of nearby communities:
| | Community | Direction | Distance<3> | 2008<4> Population | Change Since 2000 |
| | Amherst | N | 18 mi [28.97 km] | 115,563 | 0.81% decrease |
| | Buffalo | N | 9 mi [14.48 km] | 270,919 | 7.42% decrease |
| | Cheektowaga | NE | 12 mi [19.31 km] | 87,788 | 6.63% decrease |
| | Grand Island | N | 18 mi [28.97 km] | 18,950 | 1.77% increase |
| | Lackawanna | NE | 5 mi [8.05 km] | 17,588 | 7.74% decrease |
| | Lancaster | NE | 16 mi [25.75 km] | 40,298 | 3.28% increase |
| | | | | <*> | When comparing populations across the border of the USA & Canada, be aware that the populations given are for different years. The US populations are for the years 2008 and 2000. The Canadian populations are for the years 2006 and 2001. |
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To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Mount Vernon.
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Footnotes
| <1> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mount Vernon - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others. - Return to Citation |
| <2> | We use the term 'historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable and we would like to be accurate. If you can provide us with more specific information about Mount Vernon, please let us know so that we can make corrections. - Return to Citation |
| <3> | Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Mount Vernon and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance. - Return to Citation |
| <4> | Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Mount Vernon. - Return to Citation |
| <5> | All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint. - Return to Citation |
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