Mount Vernon, Houston County, Texas

For the city in Franklin County, see Mount Vernon, Texas.

Ghost town in Texas, United States

Mount Vernon, Houston County, Texas

Ghost town

Mount Vernon

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Coordinates: 31°24′31″N 95°05′15″W﻿ / ﻿31.40861°N 95.08750°W﻿ / 31.40861; -95.08750
Country| United States
State| Texas
County| Houston
Elevation

| 351 ft (107 m)
Time zone| UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)| UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code| 936
GNIS feature ID| 2034826[1]

Mount Vernon is a ghost town in Houston County, Texas, United States.[1]

## History

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Thomas Jefferson Payne and his wife Nancy Warren Payne established it for the first time in the late 1840s. When the church burned to the ground in 1883, residents quickly built a replacement called Mount Vernon. The community included a church, a cemetery, and many homes by the middle of the 1930s. Many of its population left the area after World War II, although there was still a church, a cemetery, and a few dispersed homes there in the early 1990s.[2]

## Geography

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Mount Vernon is located on Texas State Highway 7, 4 mi (6.4 km) east of Ratcliff in eastern Houston County.[2]

## Education

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Henry Warren Payne constructed a school in the 1870s. Around 1883, the structure burned down.[2] Today, the community is served by the Kennard Independent School District.

## References

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1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mount Vernon, Houston County, Texas
2. ^ a b c Mount Vernon, TX (Houston County) from the Handbook of Texas Online

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Municipalities and communities of Houston County, Texas, United States

County seat: Crockett

Cities|

* Crockett
* Grapeland
* Kennard
* Latexo
* Lovelady

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Unincorporated
communities|

* Ash
* Augusta
* Austonio
* Belott
* Berea
* Burrantown
* Center Hill
* Coltharp
* Cooper
* Creath
* Creek
* Cut
* Fodice
* Germany
* Givens Hill
* Guiceland
* Hagerville
* Hickory Creek
* Holly
* Hopewell
* Livelyville
* Lone Pine
* Mapleton
* Mound City‡
* Pennington‡
* Percilla
* Pleasant Grove
* Porter Springs
* Randolph
* Ratcliff
* Refuge
* Reynard
* Stubblefield
* Tadmor
* Volga
* Weches
* Weldon
* Wesley Chapel
* Wheeler Springs

Ghost towns|

* Allen Chapel
* Antioch
* Arbor Grove
* Center Grove
* Druso
* Easley Chapel
* Elkins
* Halls Bluff
* Liberty Hill
* Mount Vernon
* Pearson's Chapel
* Plain
* Plainview
* Pleasant Hill
* Post Oak
* Prairie Point
* San Pedro
* Sand Ridge
* Shady Grove
* Shiloh
* Smith Grove
* Sorghumville
* Vistula
* Waneta

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‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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