When will the power be back in Mount Vernon, IL?
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Mount Vernon is a city of about 14,162 residents in Jefferson County.
Ameren has reported outages for Mount Vernon by name on its own public outage map (most recently observed 2026-09-18) — so when Mount Vernon is affected, this page can show the city's own customers-out count and restoration time rather than only the county-wide total.
ZIP codes in Mount Vernon:
Checking a ZIP goes straight to the address-level view for that area.
Around Mount Vernon: the closest other places we track are Centralia, about 18 miles to the northwest; Herrin, about 36 miles to the south; Marion, about 40 miles to the south; and Carbondale, about 44 miles to the south. Also nearby: Highland (51 mi NW), Shiloh (56 mi W), O'Fallon (57 mi W), Effingham (59 mi N), Belleville (60 mi W), Troy (60 mi NW), Swansea (60 mi W) and Fairview Heights (62 mi W).
Looking further out, the nearest place we track is: north toward Mattoon (86 mi); northeast toward Charleston (90 mi); east toward Evansville, IN (78 mi); southeast toward Henderson, KY (80 mi); south toward Paducah, KY (87 mi); southwest toward Jackson, MO (76 mi); west toward Waterloo (67 mi); and northwest toward Collinsville (64 mi).
Who serves Mount Vernon?
We track live outage data from Ameren and Illinois Electric Cooperatives ↗ in Jefferson County — but several utilities can serve one county, so confirm your own by searching your address on the live map.
Mount Vernon's last tracked outage began Sep 21, peaked at 37 customers out, and was restored in 30 minutes.
- Sep 21 — 37 customers out, restored in 30 minutes
County context: across all of Jefferson County, federal outage records (EAGLE-I, 2014–2025) show outages of 200+ customers typically restored in about 2.8 hr. The full record for Jefferson County
Common questions
How do I check the power outage status in Mount Vernon, IL?
To check your own street, search a Mount Vernon ZIP code — 62864 — and the map opens on that area.
Does this page show Mount Vernon specifically, or the whole county?
Both, and for Mount Vernon we have the city-level view: Ameren has published outages for Mount Vernon under its own name, most recently seen on 2026-09-18. When Mount Vernon is affected, you get its own customers-out count and restoration time, with the Jefferson County county-wide total shown separately as context. Don't add the two together — the county figure already includes Mount Vernon.
