Vernon, Jasper County, Mississippi

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Vernon, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 31°54′37″N89°09′12″W / 31.91028°N 89.15333°W / 31.91028; -89.15333
Country Flag of the United States.svg  United States
State Flag of Mississippi.svg  Mississippi
County Jasper
Elevation
120 m (410 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID692294
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Vernon, Jasper County, Mississippi

Vernon is an unincorporated community in Jasper County, Mississippi, United States. [1] Vernon is located on Tallahoma Creek. [2] A post office operated under the name Vernon from 1893 to 1907. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Feature Detail Report for: Vernon, Mississippi." USGS. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Vernon, Jasper County, Mississippi Retrieved April 28, 2011.
  2. ↑ Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (PDF). Vol. 2. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 856.
  3. ↑ "Jasper County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 5, 2021.


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