The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusMount Vernon is a city in Davison County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 461 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Mitchell, South Dakota Micropolitan Statistical Area. The town takes its name from Mount Vernon, the estate of George Washington; an early variant name was Arlandtown.
Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 462 people in 2010, 461 in 2020. Half of its homes were built before 1938.
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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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Mount Vernon’s history is told.
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Mount Vernon, decade by decade
2000
1 historic place in Mount Vernon
1 place in Mount Vernon is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.