Editing Mount Vernon, Kentucky (section)

==History==
[[File:Mount Vernon Ketucky City Hall.JPG|thumb|left|Mount Vernon City Hall]]
The area was first settled by European Americans in 1790 after the [[American Revolutionary War]], around a feature called '''Spout Springs'''. Much of the area was originally swampland. The settlement was named for [[George Washington]]'s home, [[Mount Vernon]]. The [[Wilderness Road]] was constructed to this town in 1792, and this was the principal settlement when [[Rockcastle County, Kentucky|Rockcastle Co.]] was created in 1810.

In 1883, an [[Louisville & Nashville|L&N]] spur was built through the town, connecting it by rail to [[Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville]] and [[Knoxville]]. The county's first newspaper, the ''Mount Vernon Signal'', began publication in 1887. Although it was still a largely rural town and county in the late 20th century, the construction of [[I-75]] in the 1970s has drawn some industry to the area. The population has increased about 50% from 1,639 in 1970.