South Mount Vernon is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

(CDP) in Knox County,

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, United States, adjacent to the city of

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. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. The CDP is west of the center of Knox County, in Clinton Township. It is bordered to the north, east, and south by the city of Mount Vernon. It is bordered to the southeast by Dry Creek, a northeast-flowing tributary of the Kokosing River, part of the Walhonding River and subsequently

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watersheds leading to the

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. U.S. Route 36 (Harcourt Road) runs through the west side of the community, leading north and east into Mount Vernon, and southwest to Sunbury.

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Census-designated places in Knox County, Ohio Census-designated places in Ohio {{KnoxCountyOH-geo-stub