THE MOUNT VERNON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Plateau Escarpment setting.
Mount Vernon city has 2.81 square miles of land in Rockcastle County. Its Census reference point is in Plateau Escarpment, within Southwestern Appalachians.
Open low mountains and plateau edges form a landscape of wooded uplands and deeper ravines. Escarpments mark the transition toward both the Ridge and Valley and the Interior Plateau.
Regional context: Southwestern Appalachians ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Mount Vernon and Rockcastle County
Mount Vernon is associated with Rockcastle County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Mount Vernon by land and water
The Census records 0.01 square miles of water within Mount Vernon, or 0.5% of its total area. That share is close to Rockcastle County’s 0.5%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Mount Vernon city has 1.6 times the land area of nearby Brodhead city (1.75 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

