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Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Vernon County, Wisconsin.
Vernon County was renamed from Bad Ax County on March 22, 1862. Bad Ax County had been created on March 1, 1851. The name Vernon was chosen to reflect the county's green fields of wheat and to evoke Mount Vernon, George Washington's home.
For a complete list of Towns & Communities, please see Wikipedia.
National Register of Historic Places
Vernon County Historical Society