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Welcome to Vernon ...

Vernon is located in Monroe County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Vernon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1894.

Vernon is 550 feet [168 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Vernon lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Vernon (for example, toward Oneida (TN)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Vernon: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Vernon ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 49 communities that are also named Vernon - they are located in Alabama, Arizona, British Columbia, California (2), Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida (2), Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa (2), Kansas (5), Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi (3), Nevada, New Jersey (2), New Mexico, New York, Ohio (3), Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Vernon.

Communities near Vernon ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Vernon.

  • Columbus Hill
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Columbus Hill is located in Jackson County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus Hill
    • Estimated population in 2014: 36,071 people
  • Livingston
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Thompsons Store
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Thompsons Store is located in Clay County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsons Store
    • Estimated population in 2014: 3,180 people
  • Tompkinsville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Burkesville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Celina
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Celina is located in Clay County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Celina
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,407 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Celina <4>
  • Gamaliel
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Free Hill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Free Hill is located in Clay County (TN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Free Hill
  • Hestand
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Hestand is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hestand
  • Meshack
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Meshack is located in Monroe County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meshack

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Vernon. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Vernon.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Vernon. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Vernon.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Vernon. See our Newspapers Page for Vernon.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Vernon ...

Looking for more information about Vernon? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Vernon, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Vernon.

Adding Vernon to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Vernon in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Vernon was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Vernon post office opened in 1894. The Vernon post office closed in 1957.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Vernon.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Monroe, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Vernon - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Vernon area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Vernon area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/