Vernon, Madison County, Mississippi

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Vernon, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 32°35′23″N90°19′47″W / 32.58972°N 90.32972°W / 32.58972; -90.32972
Country Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
State Flag of Mississippi.svg Mississippi
County Madison
Elevation
190 ft (58 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID679206 [1]

Vernon is an unincorporated community in Madison County, Mississippi, United States. [1]

History

Vernon was incorporated in 1833 and disincorporated at an unknown time. [2] A post office operated under the name Vernon from 1828 to 1887. [3]

In 1835, John Murrell's gang planned to attack Vernon on the night of July 4, but the attack was never carried out. [4]

Company I of the 18th Mississippi Infantry Regiment was organized at Vernon in 1861. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Vernon". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved November 22, 2025. 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. 855.
  3. ↑ "Madison County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  4. ↑ Dupre, Daniel S. (1997). Transforming the Cotton Frontier: Madison County, Alabama, 1800-1840. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: LSU Press. p. 226. ISBN   0-8071-2193-2.
  5. ↑ Busey, John W.; Busey, Travis W. (2017). Confederate Casualties at Gettysburg: A Comprehensive Record. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 730. ISBN   978-0-7864-6450-0.


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