Texas · Census place 4849860

Mount Vernon, Texas

Mount Vernon is a town in Franklin County, Texas with an estimated 2,601 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 530th largest of 804 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,601
#530 of 804 in Texas
Change since 2020
+4.3%
+107 people
Land area
4.3 sq mi
+ 0.09 sq mi water
Density
603 / sq mi
State median 1,561
Orange pin: Mount Vernon. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Austin.

Mount Vernon population, 2020 to 2024

Mount Vernon added 107 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.3%. In the latest year it moved by +43.

2,49420202,52320212,53820222,55820232,6012024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,492. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Mount Vernon covers 4.31 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 603 people per square mile of land. The median Texas place of 5,000+ has 1,561, so Mount Vernon is less dense than the typical town.

What county Mount Vernon is in

All of Mount Vernon's residents live in Franklin County, which had 10,912 residents in 2024. Mount Vernon holds 23.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Mount Vernon

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Mount Vernon by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 75457. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Mount Vernon is

The Census internal point of Mount Vernon is at 33.177400, -95.224400. Austin, the capital, is 249.2 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mount Pleasant, TX (16,238 people), 14.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Tyler, TX, 59.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
33.177400, -95.224400
DMS
33°10'38.64"N 95°13'27.84"W
UTM
15N 292601.6E 3673157.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
86565QGG+X6

Daylight in Mount Vernon

At 33.18° N, Mount Vernon gets about 14 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 58 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 23 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Mount Vernon

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Texas, measured between internal points. The closest is Mount Pleasant, 14.5 miles away, with 16,238 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Mount Vernon, TX?

2,601 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 107 (4.3%) from 2,494 in July 2020.

What county is Mount Vernon in?

Franklin County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Mount Vernon?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 75457.

How far is Mount Vernon from Austin?

249.2 miles (401.0 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Mount Vernon.

What is the nearest larger city to Mount Vernon?

Mount Pleasant, TX, with 16,238 residents, 14.5 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.