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| | Handbook of Texas Online: |
 | | Vernon, the county seat of Wilbarger County, is just south of the Pease River on U.S. highways 70, 183, 283, 287, and the Burlington and Northern Railroad, fifty miles northwest of Wichita Falls and sixty miles southeast of Childress in the north central part of the county. |
 | | The second-choice name of Vernon was accepted, and a post office was granted to the community in 1880. |
 | | Wilbarger County was organized on October 10, 1881, and Vernon, with a population of twenty-five, was chosen as the county seat. |
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