How the City of Mount Vernon was named

How the City of Mount Vernon was named. . Pioneers referred to our area as Langford's Station or Langford's until city lots were laid out by Stephen in 1810. He donated the property that became known as Mount Vernon, county seat for Rockcastle. Americans were very patriotic and when the time came to give the settlement a city name, it was decided to honor George Washington, the first President of the United States of America, by giving Washington's estate name - Mount Vernon. , The Washington home and farm was built by George's father, Augustine, and when he passed away, his half-brother Lawrence inherited the estate called Little Hunting Creek. Lawrence decided to change the estate name to Mount Vernon to honor a British soldier he served under - Admiral Edmond Vernon and used the word mount because the home sat on a hill overlooking the Potomac River. , By pioneer standards in the late 1700's, Langford's home resembled the stately Washington home overlooking the Potomac River. Stephen's log home was a two-story structure with a porch on the second floor. It was built on a hill overlooking the land that became Mount Vernon, Kentucky