Is George Washington Birthplace also known as Mount Vernon?
No. George Washington was born on his father’s Popes Creek Plantation. Popes Creek is on the southern shore of the Potomac River 38 miles east of Fredericksburg, Virginia and approximately 80 miles downstream from Mount Vernon, which is near Alexandria, Virginia. Why do you call this Popes Creek? Isn’t this Wakefield? Wakefield was the name George Washington’s half-brother or nephew gave to this plantation. When George Washington was born here in 1732, it was called Popes Creek Plantation. How long did George Washington live at Popes Creek Plantation? Augustine Washington, George’s father, moved his family away from Popes Creek when George was 3 1/2 years old. There is evidence George spent large amounts of time here in his teenage years after his half-brother, Augustine, Jr. inherited the plantation. Was George Washington born in a log cabin? …a mansion? Neither. George Washington was born in a home that was certainly substantial for its time and location but was not as magnificent
