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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Vernon. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Vernon to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Vernon, please Contact Us.
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Vernon (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Vernon. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Vernon is historic, it would have been located within present day Troup County.
To see how the shape of Georgia's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Troup County: Chambers (AL), Randolph (AL), Coweta, Harris, Heard & Meriwether.
Below are the counties that are near Vernon. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Vernon:
- Troup County (The home county of Vernon)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vernon, with the one closest to Vernon listed first.
- Abbottsford
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Abbottsford is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Abbottsford
- West Lake Village
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Lake Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Lake Village
- Evansville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Evansville is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Rockwell Estates
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Rockwell Estates is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockwell Estates
- Sassafrass Hills
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Sassafrass Hills is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sassafrass Hills
- Estimated population in 2019: 255 people
- Sunny Point
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Sunny Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Point
- Population from the 2010 Census: 1,303 people
- LaGrange
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Graysons Landing
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Graysons Landing is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graysons Landing
- Estimated population in 2019: 4,452 people
- North West Point
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- North West Point is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North West Point
- Asta Village
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Asta Village is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Asta Village
- Brays Lakeview
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brays Lakeview is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brays Lakeview
- West Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Carroll County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vernon, with the one closest to Vernon listed first.
- Bowers Ferry
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Bowers Ferry is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowers Ferry
- Estimated population in 2019: 485 people
- Roopville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Tyus
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Tyus is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tyus
- Estimated population in 2019: 3,525 people
- Lowell
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Lowell is located in Carroll County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lowell
- Coweta County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vernon, with the one closest to Vernon listed first.
- Grantville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
- Moreland
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Smith City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Smith City is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smith City
- Bexton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Bexton is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bexton
- Smokey Acres
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Smokey Acres is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Smokey Acres
- Estimated population in 2019: 56,666 people
- East Newnan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Newnan is located in Coweta County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Newnan
- Newnan
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Sargent
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Harris County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vernon, with the one closest to Vernon listed first.
- Pine Lake
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Pine Lake is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Lake
- Mountainbrook
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mountainbrook is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountainbrook
- Estimated population in 2019: 1,108 people
- Pine Mountain
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mountain Hill
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Mountain Hill is located in Harris County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mountain Hill
- Population from the 2010 Census: 11,554 people
- Hamilton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Pine Mountain Valley
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Heard County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vernon, with the one closest to Vernon listed first.
- Glenn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Houston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Houston is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- O'Neals Crossroad
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- O'Neals Crossroad is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for O'Neals Crossroad
- Franklin
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Riverside
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Riverside is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
- Corinth
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Corinth is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
- Frolona
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Frolona is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frolona
- Centralhatchee
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Centralhatchee is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Centralhatchee
- Population from the 2020 Census: 377 people
- Yates Crossroads
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the north)
- Yates Crossroads is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yates Crossroads
- Estimated population in 2019: 360 people
- Roosterville
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Roosterville is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Roosterville
- Ephesus
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Ephesus is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ephesus
- Population from the 2020 Census: 459 people
- Meriwether County
- The following are listed by their distance from Vernon, with the one closest to Vernon listed first.
- Lone Oak
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Lone Oak is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lone Oak
- Population from the 2020 Census: 89 people
- Greenville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Harris City
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Harris City is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris City
- Luthersville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Mount
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Rocky Mount is located in Meriwether County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mount
- Warm Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Chambers County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vernon, with the one closest to Vernon listed first.
- Evansville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Evansville is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- McCosh Mill ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- McCosh Mill is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCosh Mill
- Standing Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Standing Rock is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Standing Rock
- Fredonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fredonia is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Stroud
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Stroud is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroud
- Five Points
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Five Points is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- Lanett
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Doublehead
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Doublehead is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Doublehead
- Plant City
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Plant City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plant City
- Eady City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Eady City is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eady City
- Huguley
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Huguley is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huguley
- Chapel Hill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Chapel Hill is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
- Clay County (AL)
- Motley
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Motley is located in Clay County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Motley
- Lee County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vernon, with the one closest to Vernon listed first.
- Blanton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Blanton is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blanton
- Gwen Mill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Gwen Mill is located in Lee County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gwen Mill
- Opelika
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Randolph County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vernon, with the one closest to Vernon listed first.
- Rock Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Mills is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mills
- Roanoke
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- High Shoals
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- High Shoals is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for High Shoals
- Peavy
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Peavy is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Peavy
- West
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- West is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West
- Corbin
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Corbin is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corbin
- Forester Chapel
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Forester Chapel is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Forester Chapel
- Wadley
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Sewell
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Sewell is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sewell
- Wedowee
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Woodland
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Malone Ferry
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Malone Ferry is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malone Ferry
- Tallapoosa County (AL)
- The following are listed by their distance from Vernon, with the one closest to Vernon listed first.
- Frog Eye
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Frog Eye is located in Tallapoosa County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Frog Eye
- Truett
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Truett is located in Tallapoosa County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truett
- Daviston
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Dudleyville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Dudleyville is located in Tallapoosa County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dudleyville
- Emuckfaw
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Emuckfaw is located in Tallapoosa County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emuckfaw
- Matilda
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Matilda is located in Tallapoosa County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Matilda
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Vernon, see our County-by-County Page for Vernon.
Cemeteries Near Vernon ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Vernon.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Vernon - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Vernon covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Vernon, with the one closest to Vernon listed first.
- Harmony Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
- Freeman Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Antioch Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Wehadkee Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Tatum Chapel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Whatley Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Loyd Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Mt. Beulah Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Moody Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Mount Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Standing Rock Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Glenn - Burpee - Cole Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (493 more) ...
- Garrett Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Long Cane Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Turman Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.
Vernon itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Vernon, with the one closest to Vernon listed first.
- Crowder ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Crowder is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crowder
- Evansville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Evansville is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Evansville
- Long Cane
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Long Cane is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Cane
- Gabbettville
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Gabbettville is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gabbettville
- Glenn
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- LaGrange
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Houston
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Houston is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston
- Population from the 2010 Census: 110 people
- Finley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Finley is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Finley
- Fredonia
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Fredonia is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fredonia
- Stroud
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Stroud is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stroud
- Owensbyville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Owensbyville is located in Heard County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owensbyville
- Rock Mills
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Rock Mills is located in Randolph County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Mills
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Five Points
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Five Points is located in Chambers County (AL)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Population from the 2020 Census: 137 people
- West Point
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Whitfield
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Whitfield is located in Troup County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Whitfield
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Vernon. See our List of 1890's Communities around Vernon.
Newspapers Published in Vernon ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Vernon.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Vernon, there are papers which were published within 15 miles [24.1 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Vernon.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Vernon:
- Websites specific to Georgia
- Pages specific to Troup County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Carroll County
- Coweta County
- Harris County
- Heard County
- Meriwether County
- Chambers County
- Clay County
- Lee County
- Randolph County
- Tallapoosa County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Georgia
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Vernon, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Vernon) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |