Welcome to Vernon ...

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.

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Vernon would have been located within present day Pershing County<2>.

Vernon was established in 1905.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Vernon is 4,640 feet [1,414 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Vernon is about ¾ mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Vernon was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Code where Vernon was located: 775

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), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi (3), 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 9 communities that are near Vernon.

• Placerites ‑ Historic
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Placerites is located in Pershing County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placerites
• Lovelock
  (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Lovelock is located in Pershing County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lovelock
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,819 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lovelock <4>
• Colado ‑ Historic
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Colado is located in Pershing County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colado
• Torreytown ‑ Historic
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
  • Torreytown is located in Pershing County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Torreytown
• Granite Point ‑ Historic
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
  • Granite Point is located in Pershing County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granite Point
• Zola ‑ Historic
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Zola is located in Pershing County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zola
• Toulon ‑ Historic
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Toulon is located in Pershing County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toulon
• Empire
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
  • Empire is located in Washoe County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Empire
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Empire <4>
• Humboldt House
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Humboldt House is located in Pershing County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Humboldt House

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

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

We're compiling 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.

We have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Vernon. See our Newspapers 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 1906. The Vernon post office closed in 1918.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Vernon.