Mount Vernon, Oregon

About Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon, OR is a tiny community located in eastern Oregon with an estimated population of 547.

Mount Vernon holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 0.68 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 804 residents per square mile.

📰 Mount Vernon News Today

• Multiple fires in Mount Vernon likely human-caused MyNorthwest.com · Aug 5
• Vegetation Fire Burns Near Jasper and Mount Vernon Roads in Springfield That Oregon Life · Aug 12
• Crash on Highway 26 sends 2 Mount Vernon men to hospital Blue Mountain Eagle · Apr 20
• Lightning Strike Map in Mount Vernon, OR - Tracker & Radar | Spark WeatherBug · Sep 30
• Tens of thousands ordered to flee as rivers in Washington reach historic levels OregonLive.com · Dec 12

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Mount Vernon Unique

• One of 16 places in the US named Mount Vernon — but the Oregon one has a character all its own.
• Positioned in eastern Oregon, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Oregon — one of 426 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 21 miles.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Mount Vernon

• Clyde Holliday State Recreation Site · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Mount Vernon Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Mount Vernon

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