Vernon County

Also known as Vernon County, Missouri, Vernon County, MO

county in Missouri, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Missouri
Founded: February 27, 1855
Named after: Colonel Miles Vernon, state senator , and veteran of the Battle of New Orleans
Seat: Nevada
Largest city: Nevada
Total: 837 sq mi (2,170 km )
Land: 826 sq mi (2,140 km )
Water: 10 sq mi (26 km ) 1.2%
Estimate 2025: 19,946
Density: 23.9/sq mi (9.21/km )
Time zone: UTC−6 ( Central )
Summer dst: UTC−5 ( CDT )
Congressional district: 4th
Website: www .vernoncountymo .org

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Wikidata facts

Population: 19707
Area: 2168
Official website: www.vernoncountymo.org
Image: VernonCountyCourthouse front.JPG
Households: 8294

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Commons category: Vernon County, Missouri
inception: 1851-02-27
water as percent of area: 1.2
native label: Vernon County
per capita income: 23553

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Vernon County is a county located in the western region of the U.S. state of Missouri, on the border with Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,707. Its county seat is Nevada. The county was organized on February 27, 1855, considerably later than counties in the eastern part of the state. It was named for Colonel Miles Vernon (1786–1867), a state senator and veteran of the Battle of New Orleans. This area was part of the large historic territory of the Osage Nation of Native Americans.

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