History · Mount Vernon

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from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Mount Vernon is a town in Faulkner County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, Mount Vernon had a population of 144. It is part of the Central Arkansas region.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 145 people in 2010, 144 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1984.

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Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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