Editing Mount Vernon, Virginia (section)

==History==
The Mount Vernon area is all land which was once a part of the farms of George and Martha Washington's expansive Mount Vernon estate. Much of the land was gradually donated through the dying wishes of George and Martha Washington to the public and others who are affiliated with the Washington family. The Neighboring/incorporated Woodlawn Plantation and area which was given to Martha Washington's granddaughter, Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis. The [[Gum Springs, Virginia|Gum Springs]] portion was established by slaves and blacks which were generally escaped or freed slaves from the Mount Vernon Estate and area.

Beginning with the [[2010 United States Census]], the U.S. Census Bureau defined the portion of Mount Vernon north of [[U.S. Route 1]] as a separate CDP, [[Woodlawn, Fairfax County, Virginia|Woodlawn]], reducing Mount Vernon's land area by approximately a third and its population by more than half.<ref name="Census2" />