BlockMount Vernon, Kentucky
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Lexington-Fayette Central census division. It lies in ZIP code area 40502. The Survey maps it on the Lexington East quadrangle.
On record in Mount Vernon
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 11 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
AshlandNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966 · 0.9 miles away
Ashland Park Historic Districtlisted 1986 · 0.8 miles away
Maxwell Placelisted 1982 · 0.9 miles away
Elley Villalisted 1978 · 0.9 miles away
Pope Villalisted 2018 · 1.0 miles away- Hollywood Terrace Historic Districtlisted 2008 · 0.3 miles away
- Woodlands Historic Districtlisted 1983 · 0.8 miles away
- John Clark Houselisted 1980 · 0.9 miles away
- Southeast Lexington Residential and Commercial Districtlisted 1984 · 0.9 miles away
- Joshua Brown Houselisted 1979 · 0.9 miles away
- Mentelle Houselisted 2025 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1927 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:48000
- 1929 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Lexington East quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Lexington East quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Lexington East quadrangle1:24000
- 1964 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Lexington East quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1986 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:100000
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Mount Vernon: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Tungsten. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lexington Underground No. 1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Semicon Assoc./ Lexington, Ky. | Tungsten | Producer |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hollywood | 0.2 miles | 16 | |
| Montclair | 0.2 miles | 16 | |
| Chevy Chase | 0.5 miles | 16 | |
| Shadeland | 0.9 miles | 16 | |
| Shawneetown | 0.9 miles | 15 | |
| Ashland Park | 0.9 miles | 16 | |
| Fairway | 1.3 miles | 16 | |
| Crestwood | 1.4 miles | 15 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q49357198 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 498880. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.