Back ماونت فيرنون (نيويورك) Arabic مونت فيرنون, نيو يورك ARZ مانت ورنون، نیویورک AZB Маўнт-Вернан (Нью-Ёрк) Byelorussian Mount Vernon (New York) Breton Mount Vernon (Nova York) Catalan Маунт-Вернон (Нью-Йорк) CE Mount Vernon (lungsod sa Tinipong Bansa, New York) CEB Mount Vernon (New York) Czech Mount Vernon, Efrog Newydd Welsh
Mount Vernon, New York | |
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 northeast at statue and Community Church of the Circle in Mount Vernon on a cloudy afternoon | |
 Flag  Seal | |
 Location within Westchester County and the state of New York | |
 Interactive map of Mount Vernon | |
| Coordinates: 40°54′51″N 73°49′50″W / 40.91417°N 73.83056°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  New York |
| County | Westchester |
| Incorporated (as a village) | 1853[1] |
| Reincorporated (as a city) | 1892[1] |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor-Council |
| • Mayor | Shawyn Patterson-Howard (D) |
| • City Council | Members' List |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4.41 sq mi (11.42 km2) |
| • Land | 4.39 sq mi (11.38 km2) |
| • Water | 0.02 sq mi (0.04 km2) |
| Elevation | 108 ft (33 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 73,893 |
| • Density | 16,824.45/sq mi (6,495.76/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (Eastern) |
| Area code | 914 |
| FIPS code | 36-49121 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0957917 |
| Website | cmvny |
Mount Vernon is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States. It is an inner suburb of New York City, immediately to the north of the borough of the Bronx. As of the 2020 census, Mount Vernon had a population of 73,893,[3] making it the 24th-largest municipality in the state and largest African-American majority city in the state. Mount Vernon has 12,898 Jamaicans with African and Indian descent that had immigrated from their homeland of Jamaica after the country gained its independence from Britain on August 6, 1962.
Mount Vernon has two major sections. South-side Mount Vernon is more urban, while north-side Mount Vernon is more residential. Mount Vernon's downtown business district is on the city's south side, which includes City Hall, Mount Vernon's main post office, Mount Vernon Public Library, office buildings, and other municipal establishments.[4]
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Lew 1985was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on January 19, 2022. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
- ^ "Mount Vernon city, New York". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on March 10, 2022. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
- ^ Cohen, Joyce (January 31, 1999). "If You're Thinking of Living In / Wakefield, the Bronx; Hugging Westchester at the Subway's End". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 24, 2010. Retrieved August 21, 2009.