City of Mount Vernon - 1800's

City of Mount Vernon - 1800's. . In 1810 a new county, Rockcastle, was created out of primarily Lincoln and Madison counties. The area's justices of the peace were told to "meet at the dwelling-house of Stephen Langford" on the first Monday in April to organize the county government. The earliest reference to the town as "Mount Vernon" dates to August 1811. , By 1796 other people and families had moved to the Langford's Station vicinity, including Long Hunter Valentine Harmon and William Henderson. , A document that survived the 1873 courthouse fire shows what the original town looked like. The town was rectangular, 985 feet wide and 2,140 feet long - almost 51 acres. Two streets - Main and Center, traversed the town lengthwise. High Street, West, Middle and East streets ran perpendicular to the others. An alleyway encircled the town to facilitate expected future expansion. Portions of this original scheme are visible today. With minor variations (due mainly to modern construction), Main Street is still Main Street, Center is U.S. 25, Middle is Church Street and West is a combination of McFerron and Richmond. High Street no longer exists and part of East Street also has disappeared.