Mount Vernon’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 5 old photos of Mount Vernon. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusMount Vernon is a town in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Mobile metropolitan area. It incorporated in 1959. At the 2020 census the population was 1,354.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 1,574 to 1,354 (-14%). Half of its homes were built before 1971.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Mount Vernon yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Mount Vernon’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mount Vernon’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo4 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewFRONT (SOUTH) AND WEST SIDE - Nel…, 1933: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Mount Vernon
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Mount Vernon, decade by decade
1990s
unknown4 items
1 historic place in Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon has 1 listing on the National Register, and they protect 25 historic buildings, because Mount Vernon Arsenal-Searcy Hospital Complex alone counts 25.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as FRONT (SOUTH) AND WEST SIDE - Nelias Fall House, County Road 96 (Old Saint Stephens Road), Mount Vernon, Mobile County,… (1933) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1) and the Library of Congress (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.