Vernon, Connecticut Vernon, Connecticut Vernon Flag of Vernon, Connecticut Flag Official seal of Vernon, Connecticut Location inside Tolland County, Connecticut Location inside Tolland County, Connecticut Vernon is a town in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States.
Vernon contains the lesser villages of Rockville, Talcottville and Dobsonville.
Vernon was incorporated in October 1808, from Bolton.
Vernon was titled after George Washington's Mount Vernon estate.
Vernon contains the former town/city of Rockville, incorporated in January 1889.
The Town of Vernon and town/city of Rockville merged as a town on July 1, 1965.
Vernon also contains the lesser villages of Talcottville and Dobsonville.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 18.1 square miles (47 km2), of which 17.7 square miles (46 km2) is territory and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km2) (1.88%) is water.
There were 12,269 homeholds of which 26.5% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 45.3% were married couples living together, 10.5% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 40.7% were non-families.
22.1% of the populace were under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 32.4% from 25 to 44, 23.9% from 45 to 64, and 13.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median homehold income was $47,816 and the median family income was $59,599.
About 4.1% of families and 5.9% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 7.9% of those under age 18 and 6.1% of those age 65 or over.
Vernon Center Middle School Lucille Barkley, film actress in the 1940s and 1950s, died in Vernon.
Graziadio, Jr., company and property developer born in Vernon.
Marie Herbst, politician and former mayor of Vernon.
Hull, radio engineer, lived and died in Vernon.
Martin Kellogg, former president of the University of California, was born in Vernon.
Dwight Marcy, politician and attorney in Vernon.
Mc - Coy, politician and former mayor of Vernon.
Jim Penders, head coach of the Connecticut Huskies baseball team, was born in Vernon.
William Phelps, investigative journalist and crime writer, lives in Vernon.
Bill Romanowski was born in Vernon; he is a former experienced American football player and four-time Super Bowl champion.
Christian Sharps, inventor of the Sharps rifle, spent the final years of his life farming in Vernon.
Municipalities and communities of Tolland County, Connecticut, United States
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