Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Indiana
- County
- Jennings
- Township
- Vernon
- Total
- 0.21 sq mi (0.54 km )
- Land
- 0.21 sq mi (0.54 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 659 ft (201 m)
- Density
- 1,139.0/sq mi (439.78/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 18-78902
- Website
- www.vernonindiana.org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Vernon
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Jennings County
- Population
- 236
- Area
- 0.615678
- Elevation
- 202
- Capital of
- Jennings County
- Official website
- www.vernonindiana.org
- Image
- Jennings County Indiana courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 107
- Dialing code
- 812
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- postal code
- 47282
- Commons category
- Vernon, Indiana
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Vernon, Indiana
- water as percent of area
- 0
- per capita income
- 27046
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Encyclopedic overview
Vernon is a town within Vernon Township and the county seat of Jennings County, Indiana, United States. With a population of just 236 in the 2020 census, it is the smallest county seat by population in the state of Indiana, lying just south of the much larger North Vernon. It sits on a peninsula as it is nearly surrounded by the Muscatatuck River. Vernon is the only Indiana town with an elected mayor and an elected town marshal. As of 2025, Bradley Bender is the mayor and Britt Burgmeier is the marshal.
The Vernon Historic District is on the National Register of Historic Places and is the site of many firsts in the state.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vernon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.