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Vernon is a village in Waukesha County that spent most of its history as a town before incorporating as a village on June 4, 2020, to stay compliant with state statutes.

The community was originally part of Muskego, and the town of Vernon was created by the territorial legislature on March 8, 1839.

Vernon's population was 7,474 at the 2020 census, barely changed from 7,601 in 2010, giving it a stable, rural-suburban character.

At the 2000 census the town had 7,227 people living in 2,380 households, and families made up the large majority of those households.

The village covers about 32.7 square miles in south-central Waukesha County, of which roughly half a square mile is water.

Vernon's historic Reformed Presbyterian Church, a Greek Revival structure built in the 1850s, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The village contains the unincorporated communities of Vernon and Guthrie, and the ghost town of Dodges Corners was once located within its borders.

Most Vernon students attend schools in the Mukwonago Area School District.

Glenn Robert Davis, who represented Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives, was born in Vernon, and state assemblyman William Allison lived there.