Vernon, Alabama
City
Lamar County courthouse in Vernon
Location of Vernon in Lamar County, Alabama.
Coordinates: 33°45′23″N 88°6′41″W / 33.75639°N 88.11139°W / 33.75639; -88.11139
Country	United States
State	Alabama
County	Lamar
Area [1]
• Total	5.89 sq mi (15.26 km2)
• Land	5.89 sq mi (15.26 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	295 ft (90 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	1,921
• Density	325.92/sq mi (125.85/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	35592
Area code(s)	205, 659
FIPS code	01-78480
GNIS feature ID	0153839

Vernon is a city in Lamar County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census the population was 1,921.^[2] The city is the county seat of Lamar County.

• Dan Penn, songwriter, born in Vernon.
• Mitch Lucas, Christian evangelist/missionary, raised in Vernon.
• Troy Hankins, successful Alaskan businessman and entrepreneur born and raised in Vernon.
• Terry Moore, born in Vernon, major league baseball player^[3]
• Guy Morton, born in Vernon, major league baseball player^[4]
• Reuben Houston "Rube" Burrow—The most wanted outlaw of the late 1880s, he committed a series of train robberies along with his younger brother James Buchanan "Jim" Burrow.

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