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Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon 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 .
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  • Type: Village with 12,400 residents
  • Description: census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia
  • Also known as: “Engleside”, “Mount Vernon CDP”, “Mount Vernon, VA”, “Mount Vernon, Virginia”, and “Mt. Vernon”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Vernon Estate & Gardens and Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington.

Protected area
Photo: baldeaglebluff, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.

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

Hospital
Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include South Alexandria and Woodlawn.

is an area of southeastern , . Despite the name, it is not part of the City of ; it is a colloquial name used by locals because the area has an Alexandria mailing address.

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 Mount Vernon 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.

Village
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is a census-designated place in , , United States. The area is named after , which was built on the bank of the in 1897 to defend from naval attack and is now a public park. is situated 2 miles northeast of Mount Vernon.

Mount Vernon

Latitude
38.7113° or 38° 42′ 41″ north
Longitude
-77.0862° or 77° 5′ 10″ west
Population
12,400
Elevation
33 feet (10 metres)
Open location code
87C4PW67+GG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3945202739
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7258318
Wiki­data ID
Q1375384
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Welsh—“Mount Vernon” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Մաունթ Վերնոն”
  • Basque: “Mount Vernon”
  • Belarusian: “Маўнт-Вернан”
  • Catalan: “Mount Vernon”
  • Cebuano: “Mount Vernon”
  • Chechen: “Маунт-Вернон”
  • Chinese: “Mount Vernon”
  • Chinese: “費爾法克斯縣”
  • Chinese: “费尔法克斯县”
  • Danish: “Mount Vernon”
  • Dutch: “Mount Vernon”
  • French: “Mount Vernon”
  • German: “Mount Vernon”
  • Gilaki: “مایت ورنن (ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “مایت ورنن”
  • Hebrew: “מאונט ורנון”
  • Irish: “Mount Vernon”
  • Italian: “Mount Vernon”
  • Japanese: “マウントバーノン”
  • Ladin: “Mount Vernon”
  • Malagasy: “Mount Vernon, Virginia”
  • Malagasy: “Mount Vernon”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Mount Vernon”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Mount Vernon”
  • Persian: “ماونت ورنن، ویرجینیا”
  • Persian: “ماونت ورنن”
  • Polish: “Mount Vernon”
  • Portuguese: “Mount Vernon”
  • Russian: “Маунт-Вернон”
  • Serbian: “Маунт Вернон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mount Vernon, Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mount Vernon”
  • Slovenian: “Mount Vernon”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ماونت ورنن، ویرجینیا”
  • Spanish: “Mount Vernon, Virginia”
  • Spanish: “Mount Vernon”
  • Swedish: “Mount Vernon, Virginia”
  • Swedish: “Mount Vernon”
  • Tatar: “Маунт-Вернон”
  • Turkish: “Mount Vernon”
  • Ukrainian: “Маунт-Вернон”
  • Urdu: “ماؤنٹ ورنن، ورجینیا”
  • Urdu: “ماؤنٹ ورنن”
  • Uzbek: “Mount Vernon”
  • Uzbek: “Моунт Вернон”
  • Volapük: “Mount Vernon”
  • Welsh: “Mount Vernon, Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Mount Vernon”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Mount Vernon”. Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.