Mount Washington

History

Mount Washington is located at what was once the crossroads of two stagecoach routes and was originally known as The Cross Roads. It was formally established in 1822 as Mount Vernon, after President George Washington's Virginia home, but it was unable to continue using the name because another town's post office had priority. At the time, the settlement housed people and boasted three churches, two schools, six stores and groceries, five doctors, two taverns, and twelve mechanical trades. At the time of its (first) formal incorporation as a city in 1833, the town's name was changed to "Mount Washington", again in honor of the first United States president. Mount Washington became the economic center of Bullitt County by the 1850s. In the autumn of 1862, during the Civil War, the town was held by John Wharton's Confederate cavalry, who skirmished with Maj. Gen. Thomas L. Crittenden's men north of Mount Washington along Floyds Fork on October 1. A defeat the following day led to a Confederate retreat from the area. Through the nineteenth century, a two-room school building stood on the southern end of Bardstown Road (now Highway 31E), but in 1916 a new building consisting of four classrooms was built. Where the four-room classroom building once stood, now stands Mt. Washington Middle School. This building was constructed in the early 1940s as the high school. Mt. Washington Middle School had to expand and remodel in 1995 because the population was growing tremendously, and now supports over 200 classrooms and offices. Since then, another middle school had to be built on the other side of the city. That project was completed in 2006. Mount Washington's industries aged, and by the 1930s it was no longer the most prominent town in the county. The decline continued when…

Geography

Mount Washington is located in northeastern Bullitt County. The city of Louisville is directly to the north; the downtown is northwest of the center of Mount Washington. U.S. Route 31E and U.S. Route 150 pass through the city, leading south to Bardstown. According to the United States Census Bureau, Mount Washington has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.49%, is water.

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Largest nearby schools

• Bullitt East High School
  High · Mount Washington · 1,565 students · 19.3:1 ratio
• Bullitt Central High School
  High · Shepherdsville · 1,363 students · 17.9:1 ratio
• North Bullitt High School
  High · Shepherdsville · 1,148 students · 19.8:1 ratio
• Eastside Middle School
  Middle · Mount Washington · 683 students · 17.5:1 ratio
• Pleasant Grove Elementary School
  Elementary · Mount Washington · 616 students · 19.9:1 ratio
• MT. Washington Elementary
  Elementary · Mount Washington · 606 students · 18.9:1 ratio
• Freedom Elementary School
  Elementary · Shepherdsville · 586 students · 18.3:1 ratio
• Hebron Middle School
  Middle · Shepherdsville · 536 students · 19.1:1 ratio