Mount Vernon is a city in and the county seat of Montgomery County, Georgia, United States. The population was 1,900 at the 2020 census, The city is named after Mount Vernon, the estate of George Washington.
Geography
Mount Vernon is located on the west side of Montgomery County at (32.181403, -82.593759). It sits on high ground east of the Oconee River, which forms the Wheeler County line. It is bordered to the east by Ailey.
U.S. Routes 221 and 280 intersect just north of the center of town. US 221 leads north to Soperton and south to Hazlehurst, while US 280 leads east to Vidalia and west to McRae–Helena.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Mount Vernon has a total area of , of which , or 0.76%, are water.
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thumb|left|Aerial view of Mount Vernon
2020 census
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|+Mount Vernon racial composition as of 2020
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|White (non-Hispanic)
|790
|39.7%
|-
|Black or African American (non-Hispanic)
|977
|49.1%
|-
|Native American
|4
|0.2%
|-
|Asian
|15
|0.75%
|-
|Other/Mixed
|48
|2.41%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino
|156
|7.84%
|}
As of the 2020 census, Mount Vernon had a population of 1,990. The median age was 33.7 years. 23.3% of residents were under the age of 18 and 14.2% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 107.9 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 105.5 males age 18 and over.
0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 743 households in Mount Vernon, including 554 families, of which 31.4% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 31.1% were married-couple households, 21.3% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 39.8% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 33.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The district has 83 full-time teachers and over 1,294 students.
- Montgomery County High School
- Montgomery County Middle School
- Montgomery County Elementary School
Montgomery County High School didn't have an integrated prom until 2010. The school received national attention in the New York Times for unofficially sponsoring separate, segregated proms for white and black students. It is one of 178 school districts in the United States with an open, active desegregation order.
Media
- WYUM, 101.7 FM Radio
Infrastructure
Transportation
;Highways
Notable people
- John Britton, third baseman in the Negro leagues and the Japanese Pacific League
- Theodore Johnson, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives