Vernon is a village in

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, United States. The population was 7,474 at the 2020 census.

Former Communities

* Dodges Corners was an unincorporated community and is now a ghost town at the intersection of County Road L (former section of WIS 24) and Maple Avenue * Guthrie was a community in the village and is now a neighborhood west of Guthrie Road. The community was named for Charles R. Guthrie, who opened the post office in January 1896. * Vernon was an unincorporated community that now serves as the center of the village. It is currently mainly west of Center Drive along County Road ES/National Avenue (former WIS 15).

History

On June 4, 2020, the former Town of Vernon incorporated as a village.

Geography

According to the

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, the village has an area of 32.7 square miles (84.7 km²), of which 32.2 square miles (83.5 km²) is land and 0.5 square miles (1.2 km²) is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 7,227 people, 2,380 households, and 2,122 families resided in the town. The

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was 224.1 people per square mile (86.5/km²). There were 2,405 housing units at an average density of 74.6 per square mile (28.8/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 98.39%

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, 0.46%

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, 0.21% Native American, 0.25% Asian, 0.06%

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, 0.08% from other races, and 0.55% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.02% of the population. There were 2,380 households, out of which 41.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 82.9% were

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living together, 3.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 10.8% were non-families. 7.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.00 and the average family size was 3.18. In the town, the population was spread out, with 28.1% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 26.6% from 25 to 44, 32.7% from 45 to 64, and 5.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 108.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.2 males. The median income for a household in the town was $71,366, and the median income for a family was $73,850. Males had a median income of $50,363 versus $32,103 for females. The

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for the town was $26,019. About 0.8% of families and 1.4% of the population were below the

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, including 0.2% of those under age 18 and 8.5% of those age 65 or over.

Historic sites

The

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is in the village. Listed on the

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, it is a

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structure built in the 1850s.National Register of Historic Places — Wisconsin (WI), Waukesha County
NRHP. Accessed June 26, 2008.

Notable people

* William Allison, Wisconsin state representative, lived in Vernon. *

Dave Craig David Craig (born March 16, 1979) is an American Republican Party (United States), Republican Party politician and former state legislator. He served four years in the Wisconsin State Senate and six years in the Wisconsin State Assembly.

, Wisconsin state representative, resides in Vernon. * Glenn Robert Davis,

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, was born in Vernon. * James A. McKenzie, Wisconsin state representative, was born in Vernon. * John M. Oddie, Wisconsin state representative, lived in Vernon. * Nick Pearson, Olympic speed skater, lived in Vernon while attending Mukwonago High School. * Delbert K. Smith, Wisconsin state representative, was born in Vernon. *

Tyler Styer Tyler Styer (born 12 January 1995) is an American professional pool player from Vernon, Wisconsin. Styer represented the United States at the 2018 Mosconi Cup and the 2019 Mosconi Cup. Styer was the winner of the 2019 Kremlin World Cup, defeat ...

, professional

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player, was born in Vernon.

References

External links

Village of Vernon
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