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A post office has been in operation in Mount Vernon since 1849. [5] The Iowa Conference (Methodist) Male and Female Seminary (which later became Cornell College ) was established in the town in 1853, and the Northwestern Railroad reached it in 1859, bringing new business to the town as its population expanded.
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Mount Vernon Township covers an area of 31.68 square miles (82.1 km 2) and contains no incorporated settlements. According to the USGS, it contains four cemeteries: East Janesville, Mount Vernon Evangelical, Saint Paul United Church of Christ and Saint Pauls.
The Daily Iowan announced that it has purchased two eastern Iowa newspapers in what is believed to be the first such move by a student publication. ... Home & Garden. Medicare. News.
The Methodist Episcopal Church of Vernon opened in 1856. [4] The Vernon post office opened in 1853. [5] By the 1870s, a hotel and blacksmith shop were also located in Vernon. [4] Vernon School District #5 was formed. [3] The population of Vernon was 386 in 1902. [6] The Vernon post office closed in 1903. [5] Vernon's population was 78 in 1925. [7]
King Memorial Chapel is located on the Cornell College campus in Mount Vernon, Iowa. The chapel was completed in 1882 and is built of Anamosa Limestone quarried in nearby Stone City, Iowa , and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1976.
Mount Vernon Township is one of sixteen townships in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 351. Geography.
The people listed below were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Mount Vernon, Iowa. Pages in category "People from Mount Vernon, Iowa" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.