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

When the church burned to the ground in 1883, residents quickly built a replacement called Mount Vernon.

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

[2] Today, the community is served by the Kennard Independent School District.