Vernon County, Missouri

Vernon County
Vernon County
County
	Vernon County Courthouse
	Location within the U.S. state of Missouri
	Missouri's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 37°51′N 94°20′W / 37.85°N 94.34°W
Country	United States
State	Missouri
Founded	February 27, 1855
Named for	Colonel Miles Vernon, state senator, and veteran of the Battle of New Orleans
Seat	Nevada
Largest city	Nevada
Area
• Total	837 sq mi (2,170 km2)
• Land	826 sq mi (2,140 km2)
• Water	10 sq mi (30 km2) 1.2%
Population (2020)
• Total	19,707
• Density	24/sq mi (9.1/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	4th
Website	www.vernoncountymo.org

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.^[1] Its county seat is Nevada.^[2] The county was organized on February 27, 1855, considerably later than counties in the eastern part of the state.^[3] It was named for Colonel Miles Vernon (1786–1867), a state senator and veteran of the Battle of New Orleans.^[4] This area was part of the large historic territory of the Osage Nation of Native Americans.

^ "Vernon County, Missouri". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ History of Vernon county, Missouri. St. Louis: Brown & Co. 1887. pp. 194–196.
^ "The Nevada Daily Mail". May 11, 1960. p. 8. Retrieved May 3, 2015.

[1] "Vernon County, Missouri". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 14, 2023.

[GR6-2] "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.

[3] History of Vernon county, Missouri. St. Louis: Brown & Co. 1887. pp. 194–196.

[4] "The Nevada Daily Mail". May 11, 1960. p. 8. Retrieved May 3, 2015.

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