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Vernon, Indiana

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Vernon Township. It lies in ZIP code area 47282. It stands on Goose Run. The Survey maps it on the Vernon quadrangle. 236 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 663 feet above sea level.

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Vernon within Jennings County

On record in Vernon

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Population over time

2 figures

Vernon fell from 318 to 236 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010318
2020236-82 (-26%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Vernon: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Zinc, Sulfur, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
North Vernon PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sphalerite Occurrence Z74Zinc, SulfurOccurrenceSphalerite

Every working recorded in Jennings County

Storms near this place

54 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vernon in 54 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 32 thunderstorm wind, 14 hail, 3 flood, 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2008FloodVernon$250,000Flooding occurred along the Muscatatuck River in Jennings County due to heavy rainfall.
May 2007Tornado (EF0)North Vernon$100,000An EF0 tornado touched down near county roads 535 W and 300 S, seven miles to the southwest of North Vernon. At this location there was significant structural damage to a barn and a metal bridge over a creek thrown several hundred feet. A portion of a roof of a house was torn off, a number of outbuildings were damaged, and the end of a tool shed was damaged. In addition to this damage, trees also blew down during the storm.
June 2005Tornado (F1)North Vernon$100,000The remnants of Tropical Storm Arlene spawned an F1 tornado southwest of Hayden, Indiana. The tornado touched down at County Roads 500 South and 750 West and lifted at County Road 900 West and US Highway 50. Several outbuildings were damaged, and several grain bins were overturned. Numerous trees were also downed by the tornado. The tornado was on the ground for 11 minutes, with a path length of 5.3 miles and a width of 75 yards. No one was injured by the tornado. Damage amounts are estimated.
July 2004LightningVernon$50,000A garage, along with two pickup trucks, a bass boat, a lawn tractor, and other contents, was destroyed in a lightning strike fire.
May 2002Flash FloodNorth Vernon$50,000Parts of SR 7 and U.S. 50 flooded
May 2022Thunderstorm WindNorth Vernon$30,000Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and utility lines on northeast side of North Vernon. Trees fell mainly to the north and northeast.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindNorth Vernon$10,000Extensive tree damage reported via Facebook due to thunderstorm wind gusts across North Vernon.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindNorth Vernon$10,000Utility lines, trees, and tree limbs were downed in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindNorth Vernon$10,000Trees and power lines were reported down across Jennings County. A few observations of pea sized hail were reported as well.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindNorth Vernon$10,000Trees were down and there was structural damage to a restaurant due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindVernon$5,000Thunderstorm winds produced damage in Jennings County.
November 2014Thunderstorm WindNorth Vernon$5,000Trees were reported down in this location due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindNorth Vernon$3,000A tree fell on a house in North Vernon due to damaging thunderstorm wind gusts.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindNorth Vernon$2,000Power lines downed by falling tree limbs due to damaging winds.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindNorth Vernon$2,000Four to five foot diameter trees and power lines were blown down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindNorth Vernon$2,000Trees and power lines were knocked down at this and numerous other locations across the county due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindVernon$2,000no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindNorth Vernon$1,000no account filed
July 2015FloodNorth Vernon$500Highway 50 is flooded due to moderate to heavy rainfall, but traffic is able to get through.
October 2013Thunderstorm WindNorth Vernon$500Small tree limbs were downed on personal property due to estimated 60 mph thunderstorm wind gusts.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindNorth Vernon$500An estimated thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph was observed in this location. A 50 foot dead tree was blown down.
October 2016FloodVernon$250A yard was flooded and minor street flooding was observed from over two inches of rain within the previous hour.
June 2022HailNorth Vernon-Thunderstorm continued to produce golf-ball sized hail in North Vernon.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindNorth Vernon-Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. One tree had a diameter of 12 inches.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindNorth Vernon-A tree was blown down by thunderstorm winds onto State Highway 3 north of North Vernon. Other trees were found down countrywide.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindNorth Vernon-A tree was blown down by thunderstorm winds onto State Highway 50 east of North Vernon. Other trees were found down countrywide.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindNorth Vernon-Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. One tree had a diameter of 12 inches.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindNorth Vernon-Trees were reported down in the county due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindNorth Vernon-Several trees were blown down.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindNorth Vernon-Trees, a home, and some vehicles were damaged by thunderstorm winds near North Vernon.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindNorth Vernon-Trees and power lines were downed.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindNorth Vernon-Trees/Limbs down
July 2003Thunderstorm WindNorth Vernon-Trees down
September 2002Thunderstorm WindNorth Vernon-Trees down
May 2025HailNorth Vernon-no account filed
July 2023HailNorth Vernon-no account filed
July 2021HailNorth Vernon-no account filed
July 2012HailNorth Vernon-no account filed
July 2012HailNorth Vernon-no account filed
March 2006HailVernon-no account filed
June 2006HailNorth Vernon-no account filed
June 2006HailNorth Vernon-no account filed
June 2006HailNorth Vernon-no account filed
April 2005HailNorth Vernon-no account filed
July 2004HailNorth Vernon-no account filed
July 2004HailNorth Vernon-no account filed
April 2003Thunderstorm WindNorth Vernon-no account filed
July 2003Flash FloodNorth Vernon-no account filed
July 2003Thunderstorm WindNorth Vernon-no account filed
October 2001Thunderstorm WindNorth Vernon-no account filed
April 2000Thunderstorm WindNorth Vernon-no account filed
November 1998Thunderstorm WindVernon-no account filed
March 1997Thunderstorm WindNorth Vernon-no account filed
June 1996HailNorth Vernon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jennings County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
North Vernon1.7 miles10
Grayford2.4 miles10
Oakdale3.5 miles10
Walnut Ridge5.0 miles10
Lovett5.2 miles8
Queensville5.8 miles12
Country Squire Lakes5.9 miles12
Butlerville6.2 miles10

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on VernonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1939252The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 445255. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.