Annotations
MOUNT VERNON A post village, capital of Jefferson county, 135 miles south-south-east from Springfield, about 300 from Chicago, and 85 from St. Louis It contains a fine court house, several churches, and a large number of stores. Population, about 1,000. Daniel Kinney, Postmaster. (Hawes' Illinois State Gazetteer...,1859)
Total Population 1860
707
Latitude
38.314205
Longitude
-88.91747
Type
City or Town
County
Jefferson
State
Illinois