Mount Vernon

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Mount Vernon

Total population

1,067

Median home value

$163,500

35%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$113,938

Mount Vernon$114k

National$74k

Elevation2 m

Land area40.53 km²

Weather68°F · Cloudy

Coordinates38.24°, -75.79°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Mount Vernon is a census-designated place (CDP) in Somerset County, Maryland, United States. The population was 761 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Mount Vernon, MD from NOAA NWS API.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Notable people from here

Charles Chaillé-Long

American explorer (1842–1917)

Samuel Chase

American lawyer and politician, signatory of the Declaration of Independence (1741–1811)

Henry Page

American politician (1841-1913)

George R. Dennis

American politician (1822-1882)

Phillips Lee Goldsborough

American politician (1865-1946)

Daniel O. Hastings

American politician (1874-1966)

E

Edward Henry Carroll Long

American politician (1808–1865)

Crystal Bird Fauset

American state legislator

Dick Porter

American baseball player (1901–1974)

J

Joe Muir

American baseball player

John W. Morris

Lieutenant General in the United States Army (1921-2013)

T

Thomas Gillis Nutter

West Virginian lawyer

T

Taylor West

American field hockey player

J

John Dennis

American ornithologist (1915/6-2002)

V

Victor Jackson

American football player (born 1959)

A

Agnes Caldwell

Sarah Skidmore's mother

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Maryland

• Princess Anne
  5.4 mi away
• Nanticoke
  5.8 mi away
• Allen
  6 mi away · pop. 55
• Jesterville
  6.7 mi away
• Nanticoke Acres
  6.7 mi away
• Dames Quarter
  7.3 mi away · pop. 226
• Tyaskin
  7.3 mi away
• Quantico
  9.8 mi away
• Deal Island
  10.3 mi away
• Fruitland
  10.3 mi away
• Frenchtown-Rumbly
  12 mi away · pop. 52
• Elliott
  13.1 mi away

Browse all places in Maryland →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon Place

Bill Wierzalis · 2006

Walking Tour of Baltimore-Mount Vernon Place, Maryland

Doug Gelbert · 2010

Some old historic landmarks of Virginia and Maryland

William H. Snowden · 1901

Mount Vernon population survey

Baltimore (Md.). Urban Renewal and Housing Agency. Research Division · 1960

Some old historic landmarks of Virginia and Maryland, described in a hand-book for the tourist over the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon electric railway

William H. Snowden · 1902

Mount Vernon urban renewal

Inc. Planning Council Greater Baltimore Committee · 1960

George Washington Memorial Parkway, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C

Paul Y. Inashima · 1985

The Garrett-Jacobs house, Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore

Wilbur Harvey Hunter · 1960

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Asiatic dayflower

Commelina communis

Seen 2026-09-22

Florida Predatory Stink Bug

Euthyrhynchus floridanus

Seen 2026-09-22

Carolina Mantis

Stagmomantis carolina

Seen 2026-09-20

Domestic Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos domesticus

Seen 2026-09-18

common jewelweed

Impatiens capensis

Seen 2026-09-16

Evergreen Bagworm Moth

Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis

Seen 2026-09-15

Porcelain Berry

Ampelopsis glandulosa

Seen 2026-09-13

Goldenrod Soldier Beetle

Chauliognathus pensylvanicus

Seen 2026-09-09

Ghost Pipe

Monotropa uniflora

Seen 2026-09-09

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).