Mount Vernon, Missouri Mount Vernon, Missouri Location of Mount Vernon, Missouri Location of Mount Vernon, Missouri Mount Vernon is a town/city in Lawrence County, Missouri, United States.
Mount Vernon was platted in 1845. The town/city was titled after Mount Vernon, the estate of George Washington. A postal service called Mount Vernon has been in operation since 1846. Mount Vernon is positioned at 37 06 00 N 93 49 05 W. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 3.87 square miles (10.02 km2), all of it land. There were 2,013 housing units at an average density of 520.2 per square mile (200.9/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 95.3% White, 0.4% African American, 1.3% Native American, 0.5% Asian, 0.6% from other competitions, and 1.9% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,810 homeholds of which 31.3% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 42.5% were married couples living together, 14.3% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.0% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 39.2% were non-families.
34.8% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 16.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The median age in the town/city was 40.3 years.
24.1% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 7.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 23.1% were from 25 to 44; 23.6% were from 45 to 64; and 21.7% were 65 years of age or older.
There were 1,730 housing units at an average density of 505.3 per square mile (195.3/km2).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 96.61% White, 0.67% African American, 0.92% Native American, 0.27% Asian, 0.55% from other competitions, and 0.97% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,606 homeholds out of which 28.1% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 46.9% were married couples living together, 12.4% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 37.4% were non-families.
33.8% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 16.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 23.3% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 23.4% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 23.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $28,628, and the median income for a family was $34,848.
About 10.5% of families and 13.7% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 24.0% of those under age 18 and 11.2% of those age 65 or over.
The Mount Vernon High School "Lady Mountaineers" won the Missouri Class 3 - A girls basketball state championship in 2012. The following sites in Mount Vernon are listed on the National Register of Historic Places: United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Lawrence County Place Names, 1928 1945 (archived)".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Historic maps of Mount Vernon in the Sanborn Maps of Missouri Collection at the University of Missouri Municipalities and communities of Lawrence County, Missouri, United States
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Cities in Lawrence County, Missouri - County seats in Missouri
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