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Mount Vernon is the county seat of and the most populous city in Skagit County, Washington, United States. A central location in the Skagit River Valley , the city is located 51 miles (82 km) south of the U.S.–Canada border and 60 miles [97 km] north of Seattle .
November 5, 1987 (301-329 Kincaid St. & 710-740 First St. Mount Vernon: 19: Lower Baker River Hydroelectric Power Plant: Lower Baker River Hydroelectric Power Plant
Its neighboring towns include Mount Vernon and Burlington. Local historians have speculated that Avon is named after Stratford-upon-Avon. [1] The Avon area was developed as a waterfront town and logging and docking area on the West side of the Skagit River. The place of the original waterfront area is East of Bennett road and South of Avon St.
There are two historic buildings northwest of the square, Mount Vernon Place United Methodist Church and the American Federation of Labor Building. [2] The Mount Vernon Place church was built in 1917, by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. [33] The Labor building was built in 1916 as the headquarters for the American Federation of Labor. [34]
Skagit County comprises the Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA Metropolitan Statistical Area, and is included in the Seattle-Tacoma, WA Combined Statistical Area. It is located in the Puget Sound region , and it is known for its strong agricultural sector and annual tulip festival .
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Church of St. Denis - closed and merged with St. Peter's 2015. Church of St. Francis of Assisi (Mount Vernon) - established in 1949; formerly a mission of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Mount Vernon. Parish moved to Baychester Avenue in the Bronx in 1966. Church of St. John the Evangelist - established in 1896; suppressed ca. 1910.
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