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Mount Vernon, Texas

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The town of Mount Vernon is located in Franklin County and is the county seat.

Typical abbreviation for Mount Vernon: Mt. Vernon (or less commonly used: Mnt. Vernon)

Mount Vernon is 150 feet [45.72 m] above sea level.<1>

Time Zone: Mount Vernon lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Mount Vernon can be found in:

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 ArkansasNew York
 California (historic<2>)North Carolina
 GeorgiaOhio
 IllinoisOntario
 IndianaOregon
 IowaPennsylvania
 KansasPrince Edward Island
 KentuckySouth Carolina
 MaineSouth Dakota
 MarylandTennessee
 MichiganVirginia
 MississippiWashington
 MissouriWest Virginia
 NebraskaWisconsin
 New Jersey 

At the time of the 2000 Census, Mount Vernon had a population of 2,286 people<3> (or 24.15% of the total population of Franklin County).

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Mount Vernon had a population of 2,781 people. This is an increase of 21.65% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Mount Vernon.

YearPopulationChange
Since 2000		Year-to-Year Change
20082,781+21.65%-1.03% since 2007
20072,810+22.92%+1.08% since 2006
20062,780+21.61%+0.43% since 2005
20052,768+21.08% 
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20002,286The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<4>2008
Population		Change
Since 2000
 Bogata   N20 mi [32.19 km]1,23511.53% decrease
 Como   SW16 mi [25.75 km]6555.48% increase
 Miller's Cove   E6 mi [9.66 km]1297.5% increase
 Mount Pleasant   E14 mi [22.53 km]15,0117.72% increase
 Pittsburg   SE19 mi [30.58 km]4,6677.36% increase
 Rocky Mound   SE15 mi [24.14 km]10411.83% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Mount Vernon.


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For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

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If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Mount Vernon? Please visit the Map Page for Mount Vernon.


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mount Vernon - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<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.

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<3>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Mount Vernon.

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<4>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.

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<5>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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