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Mount Vernon: 5th District Appellate Courthouse Fifth District Appellate Courthouse, which formerly housed the Illinois Supreme Court, in Mount Vernon, Ill.

Mount Vernon

Illinois, United States
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Mount Vernon, city, seat (1819) of Jefferson county, southern Illinois, U.S. Lying at the junction of two interstate highways, Mount Vernon is located about 80 miles (130 km) southeast of St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1819, it was initially to be named Mount Pleasant but, after intense debate, was named instead for George Washington’s home (see Mount Vernon) in Virginia. The Illinois Supreme Court was located in Mount Vernon (1856–96), and Abraham Lincoln argued and...

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