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Mount Vernon

Homes for Sale from Stratford Landing to Fort Hunt to New Alexandria

The Mount Vernon District of Fairfax County is located in the southern part of Fairfax County along the banks of the Potomac and around toward Old Town Alexandria. Mount Vernon is one of nine magisterial districts in Fairfax County. Most of the Mount Vernon district has an Alexandria postal address, but none of the Mount Vernon District is in the .

This is because of how the Commonwealth of Virginia organizes its jurisdictions. The state is organized into counties and county-like jurisdictions called “independent cities” or just “cities”. In most respects, a city is not much more than a county that wants to be called a city. For example, the county of Arlington is larger, more populous and more urban than most cities in Virginia; while the city of Falls Church is about the same size as the town of Vienna which is in Fairfax County.

Speaking of towns, newcomers sometimes confuse a city with an “incorporated town”. An incorporated town, like a city, has its own government. However a town is located inside a county. Like a town, a city has its own government, but a city is not part of any county.

Northern Virginia has several independent cities and the is one such independent city. The borders Fairfax County, but Alexandria is not in Fairfax County.

However, to make things especially confusing for newcomers and for folks hunting houses, there are large parts of Fairfax County that have an Alexandria postal address. These areas of “Greater Alexandria” are most definitely part of Fairfax County and are not in the . In general, postal Alexandria is more suburban than addresses in the , but this is not always the case. A few of neighborhood in Alexandria of Fairfax County include:

To make things a little more confusing, Fairfax County surrounds the City of Fairfax. Locals generally refer to the county as “Fairfax County” and the city as “Fairfax”, but Alexandria uses the opposite nomenclature. “Alexandria” generally refers to greater/postal Alexandria, while “” refers to the jurisidiction of the .

Click Mount Vernon to see a map of the area as well as prices and information about homes listed for sale in the Mount Vernon . Here’s a sample of some of the many neighborhoods of the Mount Vernon district. Or check here for the latest listings and sales updates.

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Sample of Homes for Sale at Mount Vernon

Showing properties 1 - 5 of 341. See more Mount Vernon.
(all data current as of 9/8/2010)

  1. 4 beds, 2 full baths
    Size: 2,486 sq ft
    Lot size: 12,410 sq ft
  2. 3 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths
    Size: 2,244 sq ft
    Lot size: 1,848 sq ft
  3. 3 beds, 2 full baths
    Size: n/a
    Lot size: 10,560 sq ft
  4. 3 beds, 2 full baths
    Size: 1,590 sq ft
    Lot size: 15,000 sq ft
  5. 4 beds, 2 full, 1 part baths
    Size: n/a
    Lot size: 14,504 sq ft

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