Mount Vernon, Alabama

About Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon is a small town in southwestern Alabama, home to 1,366 residents as of the latest Census estimates.

Mount Vernon holds the status of an incorporated town — local government on a neighborly scale. The community covers 5.48 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 249 residents per square mile.

📰 Mount Vernon News Today

• Fire Destroys Shuttered Historic Hospital in Mount Vernon, AL Firehouse.com · Apr 13
• ArcelorMittal Calvert partners with Boys and Girls Clubs of South Alabama for new Mount Vernon location Fox 10 News · Jun 11
• Graduation party turns deadly: Mount Vernon man stabbed to death, teen suspect held NBC 15 WPMI · May 11
• UWA crowns 2026 Homecoming Queen and King University of West Alabama · Oct 3
• Multi-agency crews battle massive Mount Vernon fire to protect historic Searcy tower - WEAR-TV WEAR-TV · Apr 11

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What Makes Mount Vernon Unique

• One of 16 places in the US named Mount Vernon — but the Alabama one has a character all its own.
• Positioned in southwestern Alabama, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Alabama — one of 594 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 5 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Mount Vernon

• Mount Vernon Municipal Park reviews ★

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🏫 Schools in Mount Vernon

• Calcedeaver Elementary School

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

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