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Vernon (/ ˈ v ɜːr n ɪ n / VER-nin) is the most populous town in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Capitol Planning Region. The population was 30,215 at the 2020 census. [1] Vernon contains the smaller villages of Talcottville and Dobsonville. Vernon contains the former City of Rockville.
The 169 towns of Connecticut are the principal units of local government in the state and have full municipal powers including: Corporate powers; Eminent domain; Ability to levy taxes; Public services (low cost housing, waste disposal, fire, police, ambulance, street lighting) Public works (highways, sewers, cemeteries, parking lots, etc.)
Jason L. McCoy [2] is the former mayor of Vernon, Connecticut, and a trial lawyer. [3] [4] In 2009, McCoy was elected to his first term in 2007. [5] [6] McCoy was re-elected as mayor. He had served on the Vernon Town Council [7] and was the deputy mayor of Vernon from 2005 to 2007. [8]
Nineteen of the towns in Connecticut are consolidated city-towns, and one is a consolidated borough-town. City incorporation requires a Special Act by the Connecticut General Assembly . All cities in Connecticut are dependent municipalities, meaning they are located within and subordinate to a town.
Minterburn Mill is a former textile mill complex located at 215 East Main Street, in the Rockville village of Vernon, Connecticut.Developed beginning in 1834, it was the first place in Rockville to be developed industrially, and the surviving buildings provide a view of evolutionary changes in mill architecture.
The Talcottville Historic District is a historic district in the town of Vernon, Connecticut.Centered on Elm Hill Road and Main Street, it encompasses a 19th-century mill village, including archaeological remnants of very early cotton-spinning facilities, an old stone dam, and a major wood-frame mill constructed by the Talcott brothers.
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Sharpe's Trout Hatchery Site is a 1-acre (0.40 ha) site of a former fish hatchery in Vernon, Connecticut. The hatchery was established in 1871 by Christian Sharps, and was abandoned after his death in 1874. [2] The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. [1]