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Mount Vernon’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Mount Vernon Township is a township in Winona County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 273 at the 2010 census. Mount Vernon Township was organized in 1858, and named after Mount Vernon, the Virginia estate of George Washington.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 273 people in 2010, 276 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1975.

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.

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Famous people close to Mount Vernon

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DFDonald Sankey FarnerWaumandee · 12 miDWDarrell WarePlainview · 12 miAustin W. LordAustin W. LordRollingstone · 6 miBHBruce HunterAlma · 13 miGSGeorge Henry SpeltzAltura · 7 miUtica QueenUtica QueenUtica · 13 mi
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Mount Vernon, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Mount Vernon is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Mount Vernon has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Weaver Mercantile Building in Minneiska, 4.1 miles away.

Mount Vernon and the nearest listed places

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Weaver Mercantile BuildingChurch of the Holy Trinity-CatholicRollingstone Village HallWilliam Hemmelberg HouseNicholas Marnach HouseFugina House

Closest to Mount Vernon

Weaver Mercantile BuildingMinneiska · Italianate4.1miChurch of the Holy Trinity-CatholicRollingstone · Built 18695.6miRollingstone Village HallRollingstone · Building5.8miWilliam Hemmelberg HouseElba · Built 18586.7miNicholas Marnach HouseWhitewater · Building7.2mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Weaver Mercantile Building’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Mount Vernon?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Mount Vernon’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

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📜 Minneiska📜 Buffalo City📜 Minneiska📜 Cochrane
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