Vernon, Alabama

Vernon is a city in Lamar County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 2,143. The city is the county seat of Lamar County.

Notable residents

 * Dan Penn, songwriter, born in Vernon.
 * Mitch Lucas, Christian evangelist/missionary, raised in Vernon.
 * Troy Hankins, successful Alaskan businessman and entrepreneur born and raised in Vernon.
 * Terry Moore, born in Vernon, major league baseball player
 * Guy Morton, born in Vernon, major league baseball player
 * Reuben Houston "Rube" Burrow—The most wanted outlaw of the late 1880s, he committed a series of train robberies along with his younger brother James Buchanan "Jim" Burrow.