Mount Vernon, Virginia
| Mount Vernon | |
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 Location in Virginia
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Virginia |
| County : | Fairfax County |
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 44 ′ N , 77 ° 6 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
| Residents : | 28,582 (as of: 2000) |
| Population density : | 1,450.9 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 21.8 km 2 (approx. 8 mi 2 ) of which 19.7 km 2 (approx. 8 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 24 m |
| Postal code : | 22121 |
| Area code : | +1 703 |
| FIPS : | 51-54144 |
| GNIS ID : | 2391234 |
Mount Vernon is a census-designated place in Fairfax County in the US -amerikanischen State Virginia . This is where the Mount Vernon country residence of the first US President , George Washington, is located .
Mount Vernon covers an area of 21.8 km² (of which 19.7 km² as land and 2.1 km² as water area). It has approx. 28,500 inhabitants (as of 2000 according to the census), which corresponds to a population density of approx. 1450 inhabitants per km².
The place is located between Alexandria and Fort Belvoir (in the west), Huntley Meadows Park (in the north) and Little Hunting Creek (in the east) and finds its natural limits on the Potomac River there .