Drinking water stations with addresses in Mount Vernon and their reported violations in the past:
INDIAN SPRINGS WATER CO (Population served: 25, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- PN Violation for NPDWR Violation - Between OCT-2005 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- PN Violation for NPDWR Violation - Between APR-2004 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- PN Violation for NPDWR Violation - Between MAR-2004 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Public Notice
- Notification, Public - In MAY-1997, Contaminant: SWTR
- Notification, Public - In APR-1997, Contaminant: SWTR
- 8 routine major monitoring violations
- 2 other older monitoring violations
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2008:
| This town: | 17.8% | | Whole state: | 15.4% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2008:
| This town: | 6.7% | | Whole state: | 6.7% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Mount Vernon, TX
76 people in nursing homes
37 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Mount Vernon compared to Texas state average:
- Unemployed percentage below state average.
- Black race population percentage above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.
- Length of stay since moving in below state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage significantly above state average.
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Banks with branches in Mount Vernon (2009 data):
- The First National Bank of Mount Vernon: 101 Kaufman Branch at 101 Kaufman, branch established on 1988-06-30; The First National Bank Of Mount Ver at Main Street, branch established on 1900-05-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $131.7 mil, Deposits: $104.1 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Mortgage Lending Specialization, 4 total offices, Holding Company: Mount Vernon Bankshares, Inc.
- The First National Bank of Gilmer: Mount Vernon Branch at 824 Highway 37 South, branch established on 2006-11-01. Info updated 2007-07-11: Bank assets: $198.1 mil, Deposits: $176.5 mil, headquarters in Gilmer, TX, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 5 total offices, Holding Company: First Gilmer Bankshares, Inc.
- Guaranty Bond Bank: Mt Vernon Branch at Highway 67 At Highway 37, branch established on 2004-11-01. Info updated 2007-01-18: Bank assets: $706.6 mil, Deposits: $557.3 mil, headquarters in Mount Pleasant, TX, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 14 total offices, Holding Company: Guaranty Bancshares, Inc.
- Prosperity Bank: Mt. Vernon Branch at 539 West I 30, branch established on 2004-07-23. Info updated 2008-11-14: Bank assets: $9,070.2 mil, Deposits: $7,336.4 mil, headquarters in El Campo, TX, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 187 total offices, Holding Company: Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.
School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Franklin County Texas:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Utility gas (55%)
- Electricity (43%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
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Religion statistics for Mount Vernon
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 72.83%
| Here |  | 72.8% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations.
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | United Methodist Church | Baptist Missionary Association of America | Catholic Church | Churches of Christ |
| Adherents | 66.7% | 9.6% | 8.3% | 7.2% | 3.5% |
| Congregations | 50.0% | 4.5% | 9.1% | 4.5% | 9.1% |
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| Name | Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod | Assemblies of God | Church of God of Prophecy | Other |
| Adherents | 2.1% | 1.0% | 0.8% | 0.5% | 0.3% |
| Congregations | 4.5% | 4.5% | 4.5% | 4.5% | 4.5% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Tables represent county-level data.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Other Government Administration |
3 | $7,379 | $29,516 | 0 | $0 |
| Judicial and Legal |
1 | $1,908 | $22,896 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
5 | $11,353 | $27,247 | 0 | $0 |
| Police - Other |
1 | $2,172 | $26,064 | 0 | $0 |
| Streets and Highways |
5 | $10,481 | $25,154 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
2 | $3,416 | $20,496 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
3 | $4,915 | $19,660 | 0 | $0 |
| Other and Unallocable |
2 | $4,233 | $25,398 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
22 | $45,857 | $25,013 | 0 | $0 |
Mount Vernon government finances in 2002:
- Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $105,000
- Charges - Solid Waste Management: $338,000
Sewerage: $272,000
All Other: $132,000
- Current Operations - General - Other: $427,000
Solid Waste Management: $293,000
Water Utilities: $288,000
Police Protection: $239,000
Regular Highways: $232,000
Financial Administration: $202,000
Sewerage: $193,000
Fire Protection: $63,000
Parks & Recreation: $56,000
Corrections - Other: $25,000
Elementary & Secondary Education: $9,000
Welfare - Other: $1,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $87,000
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - General: $35,000
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $11,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $1,445,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $1,385,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $60,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $350,000
Interest Earnings: $63,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Water Utilities: $162,000
Regular Highways: $40,000
Police Protection: $26,000
Solid Waste Management: $15,000
Fire Protection: $10,000
Financial Administration: $5,000
Sewerage: $4,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,880,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $522,000
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $87,000
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $2,000
- Tax - Property: $413,000
Total General Sales: $264,000
Public Utilities: $77,000
NEC: $5,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $482,000
11.13% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($39,369 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 11.13% | | Texas average: | 8.37% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
11.36% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($29,736 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 11.36% | | Texas average: | 7.44% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Mount Vernon:
- KEEL (710 AM; 50 kW; SHREVEPORT, LA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KFXR (1190 AM; 50 kW; DALLAS, TX; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- KIMP (960 AM; 1 kW; MOUNT PLEASANT, TX; Owner: EAST TEXAS BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KRLD (1080 AM; 50 kW; DALLAS, TX; Owner: TEXAS INFINITY BROADCASTING L.P.)
- KWKH (1130 AM; 50 kW; SHREVEPORT, LA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- WBAP (820 AM; 50 kW; FORT WORTH, TX; Owner: WBAP-KSCS OPERATING, LTD.)
- KSKY (660 AM; 20 kW; BALCH SPRINGS, TX; Owner: BISON MEDIA, INC.)
- KOFY (1060 AM; daytime; 10 kW; GILMER, TX; Owner: JERRY RUSSELL D/B/A THE RUSSELL COMPANY)
- KPYN (900 AM; 10 kW; ATLANTA, TX; Owner: FAMILY WORSHIP CENTER CHURCH, INC.)
- KZMP (1540 AM; 50 kW; UNIVERSITY PARK, TX; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
- KESS (1270 AM; 50 kW; FORT WORTH, TX; Owner: KESS-AM LICENSE CORP.)
- KAHZ (1360 AM; 50 kW; HURST, TX)
- KBIS (1150 AM; 25 kW; HIGHLAND PARK, TX; Owner: DALLAS AM RADIO PARTNERS, L.P.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Mount Vernon:
- KALK (97.7 FM; WINFIELD, TX; Owner: EAST TEXAS BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KDVE (103.1 FM; PITTSBURG, TX; Owner: ON-AIR FAMILY, LLC)
- KWNS (104.7 FM; WINNSBORO, TX; Owner: RICHARD E. FOSTER)
- KSCN (96.9 FM; PITTSBURG, TX; Owner: EAST TEXAS BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KPLT-FM (107.7 FM; PARIS, TX; Owner: EAST TEXAS BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KYKX (105.7 FM; LONGVIEW, TX; Owner: WALLER MEDIA, LLC)
- KAZE (106.9 FM; ORE CITY, TX; Owner: REYNOLDS RADIO, INC.)
- KSCH (95.9 FM; SULPHUR SPRINGS, TX; Owner: EAST TEXAS BROADCASTING, INC.)
- KLNA-LP (94.3 FM; WINFIELD, TX; Owner: KMZC RADIO INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Mount Vernon:
- K54CB (Channel 54; MOUNT PLEASANT, TX; Owner: F. V. P. NETWORK, INC)
- KLTV (Channel 7; TYLER, TX; Owner: CIVCO, INC.)
- KTAQ (Channel 47; GREENVILLE, TX; Owner: MIKE SIMONS)
Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2008 (per 100,000 population)
Mount Vernon, Texas:
- Fatal accident count: 8
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 11
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 1
- Fatalities: 10
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 19
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 0
Texas average:
- Fatal accident count: 164
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 248
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 46
- Fatalities: 181
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 430
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 23
See more detailed statistics of Mount Vernon fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2008 here
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 7- 4100' W From I/S Of Rte. 30 & Rte. 37, Type: Tower, Structure height: 106.7 m, Overall height: 114.3 m
Registrant: Texas Rsa 7b2 Limited Partnership, 8725 W. Higgins, Chicago, IL 60631-2702, Phone: (773) 399-2500 - RIchard Herndon, Ih30 Service Road 1.3 Km E Sh37, Type: Tower, Structure height: 45.7 m, Overall height: 47.2 m, , Licensee ID: L00003043
Registrant: Texas State Of Texas Department Of Transportation, 125 E 11th Street, Austin, TX 78701-2483, Phone: (512) 416-3129, Email:
- Ken Proud, Mount Vernon School Campus, Type: Tower, Structure height: 32 m, Overall height: 32 m, , Licensee ID: L00764118
Registrant: Trillion Partners, Inc., 9208 Waterford Centre Blvd., Suite, Austin, TX 78758, Phone: (512) 334-4100 - Jerri L Janjua, 6,200' Nw From I/S Of I-30 & State Rte. 185 (Winfield/Old Mt. Vernon), Type: Tower, Structure height: 121.9 m, Overall height: 129.5 m
Registrant: Verizon Wireless, 1120 Sanctuary Pkwy #150 Gasareg, Alpharetta, GA 30009-7630, Phone: (770) 797-1070, Email:
- Jerri L Janjua, 4,100' W. From I/S Of Route 30 & 37, Type: Tower, Structure height: 106.7 m, Overall height: 114.3 m
Registrant: Verizon Wireless, 1120 Sanctuary Pkwy #150 Gasareg, Alpharetta, GA 30009-7630, Phone: (770) 797-1070, Email:
- Mark S Williams, Majors Road, Type: Tower, Structure height: 91.4 m, Overall height: 92.9 m
Registrant: Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Pllc, 1200 New Hampshire Ave., Nw, Washington, DC 20036, Phone: (202) 776-2776 - James R Kitchens, 1/2 Mi S Of Hwy 67 On Cemetery Rd, Type: Tower, Structure height: 83.3 m, Overall height: 83.3 m
Registrant: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice Pllc, Highway 67 West, Mount Pleasant, TX 75456, Phone: (202) 857-4441, Email:
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 3- Franklin County Courthouse, Call Sign: KKG455
Assigned Frequencies : 37.1800 MHz, 37.2600 MHz Grant Date: 02/05/1997, Expiration Date: 02/20/2002, Cancelation Date: 05/05/2002
Registrant: County Of Franklin, Mount Vernon, TX 75457, Phone: (903) 537-2206 - County Courthouse, Call Sign: KVX820, Licensee ID: L00002899
Assigned Frequencies : 155.370 MHz, 155.580 MHz Grant Date: 12/14/2002, Expiration Date: 02/23/2013
Registrant: County Of Franklin, Mt Vernon, TX 75457 - Cr Se 4220 1.1 Mi S Of Fm Hwy 3122, Structure height: 37 m, Call Sign: WPCV689, Licensee ID: L00002899
Assigned Frequencies : 453.350 MHz Grant Date: 07/02/2003, Expiration Date: 08/01/2013
Registrant: County Of Franklin, Mount Vernon, TX 75457, Phone: (903) 537-4539
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 3- WINFIELD, 6,200' Nw From I/S Of I-30 & State Rte. 185 (Winfield/Old Mt. Vernon), Type: Tower, Structure height: 121.9 m, Overall height: 129.5 m, Call Sign: WMR914
Assigned Frequencies : 6675.00 MHz, 5974.85 MHz, 6605.00 MHz, 6635.00 MHz Grant Date: 03/06/2001, Expiration Date: 02/01/2011
Registrant: Verizon Wireless, 1120 Sanctuary Pkwy, #150 Gasa5reg, Alpharetta, GA 30009-7630, Phone: (770) 797-1070, Fax: (770) 797-1036, Email:
- STATION, I30 At Texas 37, Structure height: 9.1 m, Overall height: 15.8 m, Call Sign: WNTQ642
Assigned Frequencies : 959.450 MHz Grant Date: 05/11/1998, Expiration Date: 05/11/2008, Cancelation Date: 07/12/2008
Registrant: Phone: (903) 588-2243 - MT. VERNON DOWNTOWN, 4,100' W. From I/S Of Route 30 & 37, Type: Tower, Structure height: 106.7 m, Overall height: 114.3 m, Call Sign: WQJL366
Assigned Frequencies : 6835.00 MHz Grant Date: 10/21/2008, Expiration Date: 10/21/2018, Certifier: James E Mcdonald
Registrant: Verizon Wireless, 1120 Sanctuary Pkwy, #150 Gasa5reg, Alpharetta, GA 30009-7630, Phone: (770) 797-1070, Fax: (770) 797-1036, Email:
FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers: 1- Franklin County Airport, Type: Building, Overall height: 6 m, Call Sign: KPI7
Assigned Frequencies : 123.000 MHz Grant Date: 10/09/1997, Expiration Date: 08/18/2002, Cancelation Date: 11/17/2002
Registrant: County Of Franklin, Box 577, Mount Vernon, TX 75457
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 9 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Mount Vernon)
FAA Registered Aircrafts: 10 (See the full list of FAA Registered Aircrafts in Mount Vernon)
Mount Vernon on our top lists:
- #63 (75457) on the list of "Top 101 zip codes with the largest percentage of European first ancestries (pop 5,000+)"
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