Official Name: | Vernon Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Jennings |
Government Type: | Indiana township |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 34.08 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 33.98 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.1 |
Area Water Percent: | 0.29 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 2858 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Elevation M: | 228 |
Elevation Ft: | 748 |
Coordinates: | 38.9547°N -85.5986°W |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 0453957 |
Vernon Township is one of eleven townships in Jennings County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,858 (up from 2,809 at 2010[1]) and it contained 1,193 housing units.[2]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.71%) is land and (or 0.29%) is water.[1] The streams of Crooked Creek, Duck Branch, Goose Run and Huckleberry Branch run through this township.
The township contains six cemeteries: Baldwin, Coryell, Ebenezer, Stewart, Sullivan and Vernon.