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Welcome to Vernon ...The city of Vernon is located in the Texas Panhandle. Vernon is located in Wilbarger County<1> and is the County Seat for Wilbarger County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Vernon, you might consider that their post office opened in 1880. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Vernon has a population of 10,263 people<2> (see below for details). The community of Vernon is 1,240 feet [378 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Vernon lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time The area code for Vernon: (940) The ZIP codes for Vernon: 76384-76385<4> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Vernon had an population of 10,263 people. This is a decrease of 6.72% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 11.98% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Vernon had a population of 11,002 people (or 81.29% of the total population of Wilbarger County). This makes Vernon the county's most populous community. The population of Vernon represents 0.04% of the total population of Texas (which has 25,145,561 people), making it the state's 203rd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 11,002 people, the population of Vernon decreased 5.64% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 11,660 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Vernon. 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, 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.
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. Our list includes 10 papers. 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Vernon, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on 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 for Vernon was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Vernon in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Vernon. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Vernon. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for Wilbarger County: www.co.wilbarger.tx.us/ The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/ Footnotes ...
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