Mount Vernon is a town in Mobile County, Alabama, United States.

[2] Mount Vernon is located in the northeast corner of Mobile County at 31°5′35″N 88°0′40″W / 31.09306°N 88.01111°W / 31.09306; -88.01111 (31.093170, -88.011209).

[1] Cedar Creek, an east-flowing tributary of the Mobile River, passes through the southernmost part of the town.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,354 people, 457 households, and 336 families residing in the town.

There were 667 housing units at an average density of 351.1 per square mile (135.6/km2).

There were 395 housing units at an average density of 208.9 per square mile (80.7/km2).

The city is served by the Mobile County Public School System.

Elementary and middle schoolers go to North Mobile County K-8 near Axis CDP.

Gwendolyn Pugh, Mount Vernon Town Councilor, stated that the enrollment drop was due to the extracurricular programs being removed.

[15] Mount Vernon was home to a historic psychiatric hospital, Searcy Hospital, formerly the site of the Mount Vernon Arsenal.

Photographs taken in Mount Vernon as part of the Historic American Buildings Survey: