Vernon

Vernon is a town within Vernon Township and the county seat of , , United States. With a population of just 236 in the 2020 census, it is the smallest county seat by population in the state of Indiana, lying just south of the much larger .
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  • Type: Village with 323 residents
  • Description: town in Indiana, United States
  • Also known as: Vernon, IN” and “Vernon, Indiana
  • Postal code: 47282

Places of Interest

Highlights include Muscatatuck County Park and Jennings County High School.

Park
, formerly known as Vinegar Mills State Park and Muscatatuck State Park, is a recreational park located near the town of Vernon, Indiana, in .

School
is a public high school located in , . is situated 2 miles northwest of Vernon.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Vernon and Grayford.

Town
is a city in , , United States. The population was 6,608 as of the 2020 census. is situated 1½ miles northwest of Vernon.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Vernon Township, , . The first post office in was called Butler's Switch. It was established in 1875, and was renamed in 1889. The post office closed in 1922. is situated 2½ miles southeast of Vernon.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Vernon Township, , . is situated 5 miles southeast of Vernon.

Vernon

Latitude
38.98478° or 38° 59′ 5″ north
Longitude
-85.60941° or 85° 36′ 34″ west
Population
323
Elevation
663 feet (202 metres)
Open location code
86CPX9MR+W6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153776160
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4266255
Wiki­data ID
Q1939252
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Vernon” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: فيرنون
  • Basque: Vernon
  • Catalan: Vernon
  • Cebuano: Vernon
  • Chechen: Вернон
  • Chinese: Vernon
  • Chinese: 弗農 (印地安納州)
  • Chinese: 弗農
  • Dutch: Vernon
  • Egyptian Arabic: ڤيرنون
  • French: Vernon
  • German: Vernon
  • Gilaki: ورنن (اينديانا)
  • Gilaki: ورنن
  • Greek: Βέρνον
  • Haitian: Vernon, Indiana
  • Haitian: Vernon
  • Hungarian: Vernon
  • Italian: Vernon
  • Ladin: Vernon
  • Mazanderani: ورنن
  • Min Nan Chinese: Vernon
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Vernon
  • Norwegian: Vernon
  • Persian: ورنن
  • Polish: Vernon
  • Portuguese: Vernon
  • Russian: Вернон (Индиана)
  • Russian: Вернон
  • Serbian: Vernon
  • Serbian: Вернон
  • Serbo-Croatian: Vernon, Indiana
  • Serbo-Croatian: Vernon
  • South Azerbaijani: ورنون، ایندیانا
  • Spanish: Vernon (Indiana)
  • Spanish: Vernon
  • Swedish: Vernon, Indiana
  • Swedish: Vernon
  • Tatar: Вернон
  • Ukrainian: Вернон
  • Uzbek: Vernon
  • Volapük: Vernon
  • Welsh: Vernon

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Vernon”. Photo: Calvin Beale, Public domain.