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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.
The Col. John Q. and Rowena (Camp) Wilds House, also known as the James and Ruth (King) Smith House, is a historic building located in Mount Vernon, Iowa, United States.. It is significant with the settlement of the city that was influenced by the establishment of the Military Road, for being constructed of locally made brick and locally quarried limestone, and its vernacular architectural ...
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]
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.
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 Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District is a nationally recognized historic district located in Mount Vernon, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1] The district embraces the campus of Cornell College and the residential area that surrounds it.
The historic Abbe Creek School is a one-room schoolhouse museum located one mile west of Mt. Vernon, Iowa, on E48. It is believed to be the oldest standing one room brick schoolhouse in Iowa . [ 1 ] The school is located on land claimed by William Abbe , the first white settler in Linn County, Iowa .
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