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History · Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon’s post office opened in 1877

Most of Mount Vernon was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1984. Below: maps from 1956 on and the census since 1880.

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How Mount Vernon began

When was Mount Vernon founded?

1877

The Mount Vernon post office opened in 1877, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Houseville (1877), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

First census: 161 in 18802020 census: 144149 years
Founding year: the first Mount Vernon post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Mount Vernon’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Mount Vernon are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Boom and bustPeaked at 192 in 1990; 144 people lived here in 2020.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mount Vernon’s history is told.

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People over time

Mount Vernon, census by census

010020018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 192

Peaked at 192 in 1990; 144 people lived here in 2020.

6 censuses, 1880–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Mount Vernon’s Wikipedia page.

The story so far

Mount Vernon, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Mount Vernon yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Mount Vernon is a town in Faulkner County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Mount Vernon had a population of 144. It is part of the Central Arkansas region.

Its first post office opened in 1877. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 145 in 2010, 144 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Mount Vernon, 1877 to 1990

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1877Post officeThe Houseville post office opens
  3. 1877Post officeThe Houseville post office closes
  4. 1877Post officeThe Mount Vernon post office opens
  5. 20th century
  6. 1956On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 1990CensusPopulation peaks at 192
By decade

Mount Vernon, decade by decade

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Highway 310 in2016Highway 310 inARMap-doton-Mount Vernon2005ARMap-doton-Mount Vernon
On the map

Mount Vernon on the map, 1956 to 1992

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Mount Vernon. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Mount Vernon on the 1956 USGS mapMount Vernon on the 1964 USGS mapMount Vernon on the 1977 USGS mapMount Vernon on the 1983 USGS mapMount Vernon on the 1992 USGS map1956Russellville sheet · 1:250,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Mount Vernon.

Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Mount Vernon’s post office has been open since 1877. Another post office, Houseville, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Houseville
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Mount Vernon
1877–today
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1cemetery inside Mount Vernon
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Mount Vernon’s history

What year was Mount Vernon founded?

The Mount Vernon post office opened in 1877, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (2), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.