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Welcome to Vernon ...

Vernon is located in Waukesha County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Vernon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1840.

Vernon is 880 feet [268 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

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), Nevada, New Jersey (2), New Mexico, New York, Ohio (3), Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont and West Virginia (2).

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

Websites for Vernon ...

Official Website: www.townofvernon.org/

Communities near Vernon ...

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

  • Milwaukee
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Milwaukee is located in Milwaukee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Milwaukee
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 589,067 people
  • Waukesha
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Waukesha is located in Waukesha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waukesha
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 72,376 people
  • West Allis
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • West Allis is located in Milwaukee County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 59,748 people
  • Wauwatosa
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Wauwatosa is located in Milwaukee County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 48,084 people
  • New Berlin
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • New Berlin is located in Waukesha County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,812 people
  • Brookfield
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Brookfield is located in Waukesha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brookfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,164 people
  • Greenfield
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Greenfield is located in Milwaukee County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenfield
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 37,183 people
  • Oak Creek
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Oak Creek is located in Milwaukee County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 36,469 people
  • Franklin
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Franklin is located in Milwaukee County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,925 people
  • Muskego
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Muskego is located in Waukesha County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Muskego
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,317 people

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.<3>

From that list, the Vernon post office opened in 1840. The Vernon post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Vernon.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Waukesha, 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>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/