THE VERNON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Prairie Tableland setting.
Vernon township has 39.3 square miles of land in Cowley County. Its Census reference point is in Prairie Tableland, within Central Great Plains.
These plains are lower and somewhat more irregular than the High Plains to the west. Their grassland setting includes rolling terrain and a transition toward greater rainfall in the east.
Regional context: Central Great Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Vernon and Cowley County
Vernon is associated with Cowley County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Vernon by land and water
The Census records 0.32 square miles of water within Vernon, or 0.8% of its total area. It is 0.2 percentage points higher than the 0.6% recorded for Cowley County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Vernon township has 43.4 times the land area of nearby Oxford city (0.91 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

