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Mount Vernon
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city in Rockcastle County, Kentucky
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- County
- Rockcastle
- Named after
- George Washington 's Virginia home
- Total
- 2.83 sq mi (7.32 km )
- Land
- 2.81 sq mi (7.29 km )
- Water
- 0.012 sq mi (0.03 km )
- Elevation
- 1,221 ft (372 m)
- Estimate 2022
- 2,472
- Density
- 871.6/sq mi (336.52/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 21-54174
- Website
- City website
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Mount Vernon
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Rockcastle County
- Population
- 2453
- Area
- 4.33272
- Elevation
- 360
- Capital of
- Rockcastle County
- Image
- Mount Vernon downtown, Main at Church.jpg
- Households
- 852
- Dialing code
- 606
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- Commons category
- Mount Vernon, Kentucky
- postal code
- 40456
- inception
- 1818-00-00
- P8168
- Zwettl
- water as percent of area
- 0.382
- per capita income
- 16903
Sources (7)
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Encyclopedic overview
Mount Vernon is a home rule-class city and the seat of Rockcastle County in southeastern Kentucky. The intersection of U.S. Routes 25 and 150 is located here. As of the 2020 census, Mount Vernon had a population of 2,453. Mount Vernon is part of the Richmond-Berea micropolitan area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mount Vernon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.