About Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon is a small unincorporated community in northeastern Virginia.
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 5.22 square miles.
📰 Mount Vernon News Today
- The Hidden Genius of George Washington: Mount Vernon's New Gardens Chief Reveals the Farming Secrets That Changed America thezebra.org · Aug 16
- Mount Vernon Historian to Speak at Convocation Virginia Military Institute · Aug 10
- The Mount Vernon Trail, Mile by Mile: A Segment-by-Segment Guide Alexandria Living Magazine · Aug 12
- An Evening with Ken Burns: Film Preview George Washington's Mount Vernon · Oct 29
- Mount Vernon Air Quality Index (AQI) and USA Air Pollution IQAir · Jun 22
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 Virginia 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 northeastern Virginia, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
Why People Love It Here
- Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
- Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
- Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 3 miles.
📍 Neighborhoods in Mount Vernon
📍 Belle Rive📍 Mount Vernon Manor📍 Oakwood📍 Riverwood📍 Southwood📍 Sulgrave Manor📍 Vernon Square📍 Wessynton📍 Woodland Park📍 Woodlawn Manor📍 Woodley Hills📍 Yacht Haven
Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.
🍽️ Where to Eat in Mount Vernon
- Mount Vernon Inn Restaurant — regional
Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🎡 Fun Things to Do
- Donald W. Reynolds Museum & Education Center · Museum
- George Washington's Mount Vernon · Attraction
- Historic Area Entrance & Exit · Attraction
- Lives Bound Together: Slavery at Mount Vernon · Museum
- Mansion Circle/Specialty Tours · Attraction
- Mansion Line Entry · Attraction
- Mount Vernon: The Story of an American Icon · Museum
Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.
🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Mount Vernon
- Lower Garden · Garden reviews ★
- Upper Garden · Garden reviews ★
- Fruit Garden & Nursery · Garden reviews ★
- Garden Mulch Supply · Garden reviews ★
- Grist Mill Park reviews ★
- Mount Vernon Manor Park reviews ★
- Mount Zephyr Park reviews ★
- Piscataway Park reviews ★
- The National Colonial Farm reviews ★
- Washington Mill Park reviews ★
- Woodley Hills Park reviews ★
Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.
⚡ Quick Facts
StateVirginia
TypeCDP
Population (2024)—
Land area5.22 sq mi
Coordinates38.7134, -77.1052