About Mount Vernon
Set in the southeastern part of Maryland, Mount Vernon is a small unincorporated community.
Mount Vernon holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 13.03 square miles.
📰 Mount Vernon News Today
- First Eddie’s, now The Brewer’s Art. Why Mount Vernon isn’t panicking — yet. The Baltimore Banner · Mar 2
- Maryland House & Garden Pilgrimage tours coming to Baltimore Baltimore Fishbowl · Nov 13
- Maryland's first Greek Orthodox cathedral gets major renovation WBFF · Jul 17
- Baltimore Heritage wants Md. LGBTQ historical sites added to National Registry Washington Blade · Apr 29
- Maryland House & Garden Pilgrimage sold 1,129 tickets, raised over $40K last weekend Baltimore Fishbowl · Apr 27
Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.
What Makes Mount Vernon Unique
- One of 16 places in the US named Mount Vernon — but the Maryland one has a character all its own.
- An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
- Positioned in southeastern Maryland, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- Quiet streets and a slower rhythm — the kind of place people move to on purpose.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 6 miles.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Mount Vernon
- Chesapeake Forest · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Chesapeake Forest - E. Mace Smith Complex · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Mount Vernon Park reviews ★
- Lankford, Mary Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Ease · Nature reserve reviews ★
- Nicholson Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Easement · Nature reserve reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateMaryland
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area13.03 sq mi
Coordinates38.2396, -75.7853