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Vernon County
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county in Missouri, United States
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Vinony's link graph records 551 inbound references to Vernon County, and connects out to race and ethnicity in the United States Census, Missouri and United States Census Bureau.
The entry is geolocated on the map in MO.
Vinony files it under 1855 establishments in Missouri, Missouri counties and Populated places established in 1855.
Vinony links it to 48 Wikipedia language editions.
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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Missouri
- Contains
- Nevada
- Capital
- Nevada
- Population
- 19707
- Area
- 2168
- Shares border with
- Crawford County
- Official website
- www.vernoncountymo.org
- Image
- VernonCountyCourthouse front.JPG
- Households
- 8294
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- Commons category
- Vernon County, Missouri
- topic's main category
- Category:Vernon County, Missouri
- inception
- 1851-02-27
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Vernon County, Missouri
- different from
- Vernon Parish
- water as percent of area
- 1.2
- native label
- Vernon County
- per capita income
- 23553
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vernon County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.