Editing Mount Vernon, Virginia (section)

==Geography==
Mount Vernon is located at {{coord|38.7351590|-77.0953670|region:US-VA_type:city|format=dms}} (38.7351590, −77.0953670) at an elevation of {{convert|79|ft|m}}.<ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|access-date=2015-02-27|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=2008-02-19}}</ref> Located on [[U.S. Route 1]] in [[Northern Virginia]], Mount Vernon is {{convert|13|mi|km}} south-southwest of downtown [[Washington, D.C.]] and {{convert|13|mi|km}} southeast of [[Fairfax, Virginia|Fairfax]], the [[county seat]].<ref>{{cite map | title = Mount Vernon, VA | publisher = [[Google Earth]]}}</ref>

Mount Vernon sits on the [[Atlantic Coastal Plain]] on the north side of the [[Potomac River]].<ref name=GoogleMaps/><ref>{{cite web | title = Physiographic Map of Virginia | publisher = [[College of William & Mary]] | date = 1999 | url = http://web.wm.edu/geology/virginia/provinces/phys_regions.html | access-date = 2015-02-27 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080915054734/http://web.wm.edu/geology/virginia/provinces/phys_regions.html | archive-date = 2008-09-15 | url-status = dead }}</ref> Two small tributaries of the river flow south through the CDP: [[Dogue Creek]] runs through the western part of the CDP, and [[Little Hunting Creek]] forms the CDP's eastern border.<ref name=GoogleMaps/>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of {{convert|6.07|sqmi|km2}} of which {{convert|5.24|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.83|sqmi|km2}} (14%) is water.<ref name=Census2>{{cite web | title = Virginia: 2010 – Population and Housing Unit Counts | publisher = [[U.S. Census Bureau]] | url = https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-2-48.pdf | date = July 2012 | access-date = 2015-02-27}}</ref>

As a suburb of Washington, D.C., Mount Vernon is a part of both the [[Washington Metropolitan Area]] and the larger [[Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area]]. It borders other Washington suburbs on all sides, including: [[Woodlawn, Fairfax County, Virginia|Woodlawn]] and [[Hybla Valley, Virginia|Hybla Valley]] to the north, [[Fort Hunt, Virginia|Fort Hunt]] to the east, [[Accokeek, Maryland|Accokeek]] and [[Bryans Road, Maryland]] across the Potomac River to the southeast, and [[Fort Belvoir, Virginia|Fort Belvoir]] to the west.<ref name=GoogleMaps>{{cite web | title = Mount Vernon, VA | publisher = [[Google Maps]] | url = https://www.google.com/maps/place/Mt+Vernon,+VA/@38.716235,-77.1069494,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x89b7ac25f140bf7f:0x76bda38852639af1 | access-date = 2015-02-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Virginia: 2010 – Summary Population and Housing Characteristics | date = July 2012 | url = https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/cph-1-48.pdf | access-date = 2015-02-27}}</ref>