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Vernon County is a county located in the western region of the U.S. state of Missouri, on the border with Kansas. As of the 2020 census , the population was 19,707. [1] Its county seat is Nevada . [2]
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Nevada (/ n ɪ ˈ v eɪ d ə / niv-AY-də) is a city in and the county seat of Vernon County, Missouri, United States. The population was 8,386 at the 2010 census, and 8,254 in the 2018 estimate. [5] The local government has a council-manager model.
Vernon County, Missouri was organized on February 27, 1855 and is named for Miles Vernon, a three-time Missouri Senator from Laclede County. In the same year commissioners bought 50 acres for $250 as the site of the county seat. The county seat was first called Fairview; later the name became Nevada City.
In 2022, Vernon County, MO had a population of 19.8k people with a median age of 41.8 and a median household income of $53,318. Between 2021 and 2022 the population of Vernon County, MO declined from 19,831 to 19,777, a −0.272% decrease and its median household income grew from $49,494 to $53,318, a 7.73% increase.
Nevada is located in the Southwest portion of the State of Missouri. Originally called Nevada City, the community grew out of the municipal organization of Vernon County and was chosen as the county seat in 1855.
Vernon County, Missouri has 826.4 square miles of land area and is the 9th largest county in Missouri by total area. Topics in the Vernon County, Missouri data profile include: Populations and People; Income and Poverty; Education; Employment; Housing; Health; Business and Economy; Families and Living Arrangements; Race and Ethnicity
