THE MOUNT VERNON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Post Oak Savanna setting.
Mount Vernon town has 4.31 square miles of land in Franklin County. Its Census reference point is in Northern Post Oak Savanna, within East Central Texas Plains.
The Post Oak Savanna's irregular plains form a transition between open prairie and the Piney Woods. Post oak, grassland and locally dense clay subsoils are characteristic regional elements.
Regional context: East Central Texas Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Mount Vernon and Franklin County
Mount Vernon is associated with Franklin 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 0.09 square miles of water within Mount Vernon, or 2.1% of its total area. It is 1.4 percentage points lower than the 3.5% recorded for Franklin County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Mount Vernon town has 26.3 times the land area of nearby Miller's Cove town (0.16 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

