Mount Vernon County Number: 65 Seat: Mount Vernon (May 10, 1825 - present) Blackford (January 19, 1815 - May 12, 1817) Springfield (May 12, 1817 - May 10, 1825) Built: 1874-76 Cost: $95,000 Architect: J.A. Vrydagh and Levi Clark (Evansville and Terre Haute) Builder: John McMannomy (Covington) Style: County Capitol Population - Posey County (2002): 26,990 Population - Mount Vernon (2002): 7,387 Size: 408.5 square miles Date of Organization: November 1, 1814 Named for: General Thomas Posey Dates visited: 8/9/2003 Courthouse address: 300 Main Street, Mount Vernon, 47620 Go Back ||| Forward Home |