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Mount Vernon: Civil War monument
Mount Vernon: Civil War monument Civil War monument in downtown Mount Vernon, Ohio.

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Mount Vernon, city, seat (1808) of Knox county, central Ohio, U.S. It lies along the Kokosing River, about 45 miles (70 km) northeast of Columbus. John Chapman (Johnny Appleseed), the orchardist, owned several lots in the original settlement that was laid out in 1805. The settlement was incorporated as a city in the same year and named for its location on a height by the river (then called Vernon but now known by its Native American name). Mount Vernon is the centre for an area of general farming (livestock, corn [maize], soybeans) and of oil and natural gas production. Livestock auctions are held regularly in the city. Manufactures include electrical transmission equipment, automotive parts, conveyor systems, compressors, and paper products. Daniel Decatur Emmett, the composer of “Dixie” and other well-known songs, was born and died in Mount Vernon, and Mary Ann Bickerdyke, a pioneering war nurse in the service of the Union armies during the American Civil War, was born on a nearby farm. Mount Vernon Nazarene University was founded in 1968, and Kenyon College (1824) is in nearby Gambier. The Woodward Opera House (1851), one of the oldest theatres in the United States, is located in the city’s downtown. Pop. (2000) 14,375; (2010) 16,990.

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