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Mount Vernon

Illinois · IL · Jefferson County
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City in Illinois, United States
1817Established
14,600Population
14.7 sq miArea
512 ftElevation

Mount Vernon is a city in Jefferson County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. The population was 14,600 at the 2020 census. Mount Vernon is the principal city of the Mount Vernon, Illinois micropolitan area, which includes all of Jefferson and Hamilton counties.

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