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Mount Vernon Texas Map

Explore Mount Vernon, Texas, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Mount Vernon, Texas

How to Use This Mount Vernon, Texas Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Mount Vernon, Texas. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Texas or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Mount Vernon.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Mount Vernon
State	Texas (TX)
County	Franklin County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	33.177431
Longitude	-95.224447
Population	2,491
Density	223.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	75847, 75457
Area Code	903, 972, 469
County Seat	Mount Vernon
School District	Mount Vernon Independent School District

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About Mount Vernon, Texas

Mount Vernon is a locality in Franklin County, Texas, United States. It has a population of approximately 2,491. The population density is 223.0 people per km². Mount Vernon is located at 33.1774°N, 95.2244°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Mount Vernon is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 75847, 75457.

Mount Vernon occupies a landscape of quiet, persistent green, defined by the gentle persistence of the Town Branch as it carves a path through the earth. It lies 14.8 miles west of Mount Pleasant, TX (from Mount Pleasant, TX: bearing 279°T), and is situated 19.9 miles northwest of Pittsburg. The horizon remains low and expansive, suggesting the vastness of the plains that stretch far beyond the reach of any distant peak, though the Barnwell Mountains linger as a faint, serrated shadow thirty-five miles to the south. Moisture gathers in the heavy, humid air, clinging to the tall grasses and the dense woodland edges that characterize the region. Just seven miles away, the surface of Lake Cypress Springs reflects the shifting light of the afternoon, acting as a cool, still mirror for the surrounding timber.

Mount Vernon serves as a focal point for the surrounding agricultural life, anchored by the Plaza On The Square, where the rhythms of local commerce and conversation circulate around the central architecture. The economy finds its strength in the steady pulse of production and the legacy of the land, drawing from a history that values the endurance of small-scale industry and the slow, deliberate work of the seasons. There is a distinct, unadorned elegance in how the afternoon sun strikes the brickwork of the older buildings, casting long, sharp shadows that seem to measure time in a way that ignores the frantic pace of the wider world. Life here maintains an equilibrium, grounded in the soil and the quiet movement of water through the nearby creek beds, where the only urgency is the coming of dusk.

Nearby Outdoor Places

First United Methodist Church of Mount Vernon (Monument) — 0.5 mi, 018° N
First Baptist Church of Mount Vernon (Monument) — 0.6 mi, 016° N
Plaza On The Square (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 012° N
Rutherford Drugstore (Monument) — 0.8 mi, 016° N
Little Creek Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 001° N
Franklin County Sports Complex (Private Recreation) — 2.6 mi, 354° N
Lake Bob Sandlin State Park (State Park) — 10.5 mi, 139° SE
North East Texas Rural Heritage Museum, Farmsted (Museum) — 19.4 mi, 130° SE
Farm Service Agency Interest of TX (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.6 mi, 315° NW · 1,438 acres
Hopkins County Historical Museum (Museum) — 21.7 mi, 263° W
White Oak Creek Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 21.8 mi, 066° NE
Southwest Dairy Museum (Museum) — 23.0 mi, 264° W
Cooper Lake State Park - South Sulphur Unit (State Park) — 23.5 mi, 292° W
Cooper Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 23.5 mi, 292° W
Cooper Reservoir Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 24.7 mi, 300° NW
Sunset Cove (Viewpoint) — 26.8 mi, 287° W
Southwest Lifestyle Art Gallery (Gallery) — 29.5 mi, 207° SW
Delta County Patterson Memorial Museum (Museum) — 30.3 mi, 297° NW
Tree of Life (Public Artwork) — 31.7 mi, 175° S
Old Jail Museum (Museum) — 31.7 mi, 018° N
Brickstreet Art Gallery (Gallery) — 34.9 mi, 152° SE
Eiffel Tower (Attraction) — 36.3 mi, 332° NW
Elk Meadow Game Ranch (Attraction) — 40.1 mi, 067° NE
Gambill Wildlife Refuge (Nature Reserve) — 43.7 mi, 326° NW
Tiger Creek Wildlife Refuge (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 45.3 mi, 183° S
Caddo National Grassland (National Grassland) — 47.1 mi, 292° W · 18k acres
Canoe Beach Ampatheater (Theatre) — 47.4 mi, 206° SW
Ouachita National Forest (National Forest) — 48.4 mi, 038° NE · 1.8M acres
The Attic (Attraction) — 51.7 mi, 265° W
Little River National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 57.7 mi, 025° NE · 28k acres

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