Vernon, Madison County, Mississippi

Vernon, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 32°35′23″N 90°19′47″W
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
County	Madison
Elevation	60 m (190 ft)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID	679206
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Vernon, Madison County, Mississippi

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. "Feature Detail Report for: Vernon, Mississippi." USGS. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Vernon, Madison 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. 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.