Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate)

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Mount Vernon is located on the Potomac River near the city of Alexandria, Virginia, and is best known as the home of George and Martha Washington. George Washington's ancestors acquired the estate when it was known as Little Hunting Creek Plantation. In 1740 Lawrence Washington renamed the plantation Mount Vernon after the English naval officer Admiral Edward Vernon.

Under George Washington, the plantation reached a size of nearly 8,000 acres and was divided into five farms for the purposes of management. These included the Mansion Farm, River farm, Muddy Hole farm, Dogue farm, and Union Farm. Approximately 200 enslaved people and other workers lived on the farms.

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  • Mount Vernon, VA, US

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