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History · Vernon Center

Half of Vernon Center’s homes were built after 1983

Most of Vernon Center was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1983. Below: maps from 1888 on.

0on the National Register
2%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Vernon Center’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Vernon Center are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18885 editions of the USGS map, 1888 to 1954. Watch Vernon Center change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Vernon Center’s history is told.

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On the map

Vernon Center on the map, 1888 to 1954

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Vernon Center. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Vernon Center on the 1888 USGS mapVernon Center on the 1894 USGS mapVernon Center on the 1903 USGS mapVernon Center on the 1943 USGS mapVernon Center on the 1954 USGS map1888Franklin sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Vernon Center.

The story so far

Vernon Center, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Vernon Center yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Vernon Center is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located in Vernon Township, in Sussex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 census, Vernon Center had a population of 1,743.

Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 1,713 in 2010, 1,743 in 2020.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Vernon Center

Nobody well known was born in Vernon Center itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Laurene Powell JobsAmerican political activist, business executive… · b. 1963
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Billy HowerdelAmerican musician · b. 1970
Darren SotoU.S. Representative from Florida · b. 1978
Hugh Judson KilpatrickUnion United States Army general, politician · b. 1836
Jim MillerMixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, born 1983 · b. 1983
Gus DappertonAmerican singer-songwriter · b. 1997

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.