Welcome to Mount Vernon ...
So far, we found very little information about Mount Vernon. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Mount Vernon to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Mount Vernon - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Mount Vernon, please Contact Us.
While we don't have the exact location of Mount Vernon , we believe that it would have been located within present day Chautauqua County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Mount Vernon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872.
When the people of Mount Vernon referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Mount Vernonite<3>
A typical abbreviation for Mount Vernon: Mt. Vernon
Time Zone: The area where Mount Vernon was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time
Mount Vernon would have been located in the (620) area code.
Communities Also Named Mount Vernon ...
While we believe that this Mount Vernon is located in Chautauqua County, we know of another 6 Kansas communities named Mount Vernon. Those communities are located in the following counties: Cowley, Douglas, Elk, Franklin, Kingman and Lincoln County.
Beyond Kansas, there are 85 communities that are also named Mount Vernon - they are located in Alabama (5), Arkansas (4), California (2), Colorado, Georgia (6), Illinois (2), Indiana (2), Iowa, Kentucky (3), Maine, Maryland (3), Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi (2), Missouri (4), Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York (3), North Carolina (3), Ohio (4), Ontario (2), Oregon, Pennsylvania (4), Prince Edward Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee (8), Texas (4), Virginia, Washington, West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin.
For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Mount Vernon.
Adding Mount Vernon to Our Gazetteer ...
As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.
The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Mount Vernon was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
From that list, the Mount Vernon post office opened in 1872.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Mount Vernon.
Off-the-Road Links ...
The official website for State of Kansas: https://portal.kansas.gov/
Footnotes ...
| <1> | 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 significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Mount Vernon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Kansas' counties, including Chautauqua, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of Mount Vernon refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of Mount Vernon may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different. |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |