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Vernon

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Vernon1 City (1990 pop. 152), Los Angeles co., S Calif., industrial suburb 2 mi (3.2 km) S of downtown Los Angeles ; founded and inc. 1905. Vernon has a workforce (c.44,000) that hugely exceeds its few residents. Its industries include meatpacking, fashion design and garment making, film production, electronics, and waste recycling. Founded by two ranchers as an "industrial city," Vernon was long a major meat-processing center and formerly had significant steel, automobile, and other heavy industries.

2 Town (1990 pop. 29,841), Tolland co., N Conn.; settled c.1726, inc. 1808. Manufactures include electronic components and silk screens. Vernon merged with Rockville in 1965 and is closely associated with the nearby towns of Ellington and Tolland in the greater Hartford area. Rockville General Hospital is the largest employer.

3 City (1990 pop. 12,001), seat of Wilbarger co., N Tex., near the Okla. line; inc. 1890. Cotton, wheat and alfalfa are grown and cattle and hogs are raised. There is meat processing, oil and gas production, and the manufacture of helicopters and oil field equipment. Originally named Eagle Flats, Vernon is headquarters for the 500,000-acre (202,300-hectare) W. T. Waggoner Ranch. The city was founded in 1880 on the cattle trail to Dodge City ; it has since become a highway center.

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Vernon

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Vernon, Canada, France, USA Canada (British Columbia): because of the presence of a missionary station it attracted the name Priest's Valley and then Forge Valley in recognition of its blacksmiths. In 1885 it was renamed Centreville, the name of the original site, and in 1887 Vernon after Forbes G. Vernon, the contemporary provincial commissioner of land and works.

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Vernon

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Vernon city (1991 pop. 23,514), S British Columbia, Canada, near the north end of Okanagan Lake. The center of a fruit-growing and dairying area, it has packing and dehydrating plants. There are lumber mills, sawmills, and food processing plants in the district.

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Vernon

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Vernon ♂ Transferred use of the surname, in origin a Norman baronial name from any of various places so called from Gaulish elements meaning ‘place of alders’ (compare Vere).

Short form: Vern.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

Vernon •Buchanan, cannon, canon, colcannon, Louisianan, Montanan, Rhiannon, Shannon •Botswanan •Lennon, pennon, tenon •Canaan •Burkinan, Henan •finnan •phenomenon, prolegomenon •Parthenon •Arizonan, Conan, Ronan •Lebanon • Algernon • Vernon •Groningen • Vlissingen •Tongan, wrong'un •cap'n, happen •dampen, lampern •aspen •parpen, sharpen, tarpon •weapon • hempen •capon, misshapen •cheapen, deepen, steepen •tympan • ripen • saucepan • open •lumpen

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	Vernon's run ends in division championship.(Sports) Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 8/5/1997
	Vernon Hills trustee.(Neighbor) Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 3/30/2005
	Vernon library wants to keep out-of-district limits.(News) Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 11/26/2003