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Mount Vernon Estate & Gardens

Mount Vernon is the former residence and plantation of George Washington, a Founding Father, commander of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War, and the first president of the United States, and his wife, Martha.
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  • Type: Protected area
  • Description: plantation estate of George Washington, in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: “Epsewasson”, “George Washington’s Mount Vernon”, “Little Hunting Creek Farm”, “Little Hunting Creek Plantation”, “Mansion House Farm”, “Mount Vernon”, and “Mount Vernon Estate”
  • Address: 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway, Mount Vernon, VA 22121

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington and Washington Family Tomb.

Library
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The at Mount Vernon is the presidential library of George Washington, the first president of the United States.

Tomb
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School
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is a public high school in the Fairfax County Public Schools system located in , . It is relevant to dependent children living on-post at .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mount Vernon and Gum Springs.

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
is a district in , , situated on the Potomac River. It takes its name from the country home and plantation of George Washington, the first president of the United States of America.

Neighborhood
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is a community in , , United States in , along Route 1. The African American community, the oldest in the county, was established in 1833 by West Ford, a freedman who had been manumitted by Hannah Bushrod Washington, in 1805. is situated 2 miles north of Mount Vernon Estate & Gardens.

Village
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is a census-designated place in , United States. The population as of the 2010 census was 20,804. It was carved out of the CDP beginning with the 2010 census, from the west it goes from to stretching along U.S. Route 1 on the south and on the north. is situated 2 miles northwest of Mount Vernon Estate & Gardens.

Mount Vernon Estate & Gardens

Latitude
38.71017° or 38° 42′ 37″ north
Longitude
-77.08799° or 77° 5′ 17″ west
Population
29,400
Elevation
121 feet (37 metres)
Inception
1757
Operator
Mount Vernon Ladies‘ Association of the Union
Open location code
87C4PW66+3R
Open­Street­Map ID
way 232724526
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
4774740
Wiki­data ID
Q731635
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Mount Vernon Estate & Gardens” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ماونت فيرنون”
  • Armenian: “Մաունթ Վերնոն”
  • Azerbaijani: “Maunt-Vernon”
  • Bashkir: “Маунт-Вернон”
  • Basque: “Mount Vernon”
  • Belarusian: “Маўнт-Вернан”
  • Bulgarian: “Маунт Върнън”
  • Catalan: “Mount Vernon (plantació)”
  • Catalan: “Mount Vernon”
  • Cebuano: “Mount Vernon Estate & Gardens”
  • Chinese: “华盛顿故居”
  • Chinese: “弗农山庄”
  • Chinese: “維農山莊”
  • Czech: “Mount Vernon”
  • Danish: “Mount Vernon”
  • Dutch: “Mount Vernon (huis)”
  • Dutch: “Mount Vernon”
  • Esperanto: “Monto Vernon”
  • Finnish: “Mount Vernon”
  • French: “Mount Vernon”
  • Galician: “Mount Vernon”
  • Georgian: “მაუნტ-ვერნონი”
  • German: “Landsitz Mount Vernon”
  • Greek: “Μάουντ Βέρνον”
  • Hebrew: “מאונט ורנון”
  • Hungarian: “Mount Vernon”
  • Igbo: “Ugwu Vernon”
  • Irish: “Mount Vernon”
  • Italian: “Mount Vernon”
  • Japanese: “マウントバーノン”
  • Korean: “마운트 버넌”
  • Latin: “Mons Vernonius”
  • Luxembourgish: “Mount Vernon”
  • Macedonian: “Маунт Вернон”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mount Vernon”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mount Vernon”
  • Norwegian: “Mount Vernon”
  • Ossetian: “Маунт-Вернон”
  • Polish: “Mount Vernon”
  • Portuguese: “Mount Vernon”
  • Russian: “Маунт-Вернон”
  • Scots: “Mount Vernon”
  • Serbian: “Маунт Вернон”
  • Slovenian: “Mount Vernon Estate & Gardens”
  • Slovenian: “Mount Vernon Estate”
  • Slovenian: “Mount Vernon”
  • Slovenian: “plantaža Georgea Washingtona”
  • Slovenian: “posestvo Georgea Washingtona”
  • Slovenian: “posestvo Mount Vernon”
  • Spanish: “Monte Vernon”
  • Spanish: “Mount Vernon”
  • Swedish: “Mount Vernon”
  • Thai: “เมานต์เวอร์นอน”
  • Ukrainian: “Маунт-Вернон”
  • Urdu: “ماؤنٹ ورنن”
  • Vietnamese: “Mount Vernon”
  • Vietnamese: “Núi Vernon”
  • Welsh: “Mount Vernon”
  • Western Panjabi: “ماؤنٹ ورنن”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Riverwood and Wessynton.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mount Vernon: The Story of an American Icon and Donald W. Reynolds Museum & Education Center.

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