Official Name: | Vernon, Arizona |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Arizona |
Pushpin Label: | Vernon |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Arizona |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Apache |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 1.47 |
Area Land Km2: | 1.47 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.57 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.57 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 126 |
Population Density Km2: | 85.93 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 222.61 |
Timezone: | Mountain (MST) |
Utc Offset: | -7 |
Elevation Ft: | 6943 |
Coordinates: | 34.2508°N -109.6925°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 85940 |
Area Code: | 928 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 2582891 |
Vernon is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Apache County, Arizona, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 122.[2] Vernon is 19miles east of Show Low. Vernon has a post office with ZIP code 85940.[3]
Vernon was settled by B.H. Wilhelm Jr, who named it in 1894 for William Tecumseh Vernon. It was important at first as a sawmill town, but as activity diminished, people moved away. It had been a Mormon ward, but they disbanded it in 1954, when the sawmill business finally moved to the vicinity of Lakeside.
During recent years Vernon has grown little. Some ranches have been active since 1870. The Romyak Compound incorporated in 2014, know locally as "Ranchero Vidrio Vista".
Its local school district is the Vernon Elementary School District.