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Mount Vernon (City in Westchester co N Y)

a city in Westchester co., N. Y.; on the Bronx river, and on the New York Central and Hudson River, the New York, New Haven, and Hartford, and the New York, Westchester and Boston railroads, 13 miles N. of New York. Here are a public library, hospital, gas and electric lights, several National banks, an electric street railroad system, and daily and weekly newspapers. The city includes the suburb of Chester Hill, the former village of Mount Vernon, and a part of the town of Eastchester. Most of the city has a the high elevation and commands an excellent view of Long Island Sound. There are a number of important manufacturing industries. It has many beautiful residences. Pop. (1910) 30,919; (1920) 42,726.