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Welcome to Mount Vernon Heights ...

Mount Vernon Heights is located in Roanoke County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Mount Vernon Heights: Mt. Vernon Hts. (in Canada, 'Hgts.' is the more common abbreviation.)

Mount Vernon Heights is 1,120 feet [341 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Mount Vernon Heights lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Mount Vernon Heights: 540 & 826<3>

Communities near Mount Vernon Heights ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Mount Vernon Heights.

  • Roanoke
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Salem
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Vinton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Rocky Mount
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Troutville
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Fincastle
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Boones Mill
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • New Castle
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Buena Vista
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Buena Vista is located in Roanoke City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista
  • Garden City
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Garden City is located in Roanoke City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City

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 Heights. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Mount Vernon Heights.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Mount Vernon Heights. 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 Heights.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mount Vernon Heights ...

Looking for more information about Mount Vernon Heights? 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 Heights, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Mount Vernon Heights.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Roanoke, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mount Vernon Heights - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the Mount Vernon Heights area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Mount Vernon Heights area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.