Welcome to Mount Vernon ...Mount Vernon is located in Rowan County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Mount Vernon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1819. When the people of Mount Vernon refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Mount Vernonite<2> A typical abbreviation for Mount Vernon: Mt. Vernon Mount Vernon is 700 feet [213 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Mount Vernon lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Mount Vernon: 704 & 980<4> Communities Also Named Mount Vernon ...While we believe that this Mount Vernon is located in Rowan County, we know of another 2 North Carolina communities named Mount Vernon. Those communities are located in the following counties: Rutherford and Wake County. Beyond North Carolina, 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, Kansas (7), Kentucky (3), Maine, Maryland (3), Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi (2), Missouri (4), Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York (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. Websites for Mount Vernon ...Chamber of Commerce: www.rowanchamber.com/ Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Mount Vernon, the following might be of interest: Communities near Mount Vernon ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Mount Vernon.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Mount Vernon. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mount Vernon. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Mount Vernon. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Mount Vernon. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Mount Vernon. See our Newspapers Page for Mount Vernon. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mount Vernon ...Looking for more information about Mount Vernon? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Mount Vernon, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Mount Vernon. Adding Mount Vernon to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Mount Vernon in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Mount Vernon was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Mount Vernon in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Mount Vernon. Footnotes ...
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