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Vernon Parish Courthouse
201 S 3rd Street
PO Box 40
Leesville, LA 71496-0040
Phone: 337.238.1384 

Parish Clerk has marrige records from 1890,
divorce, probate and court records from 1871.^[1]

Parish Courthouse

Vernon Parish Police Jury
PO Box 1548
Leesville, LA
(The parish does not have its own website.)

History

• Named for Mount Vernon

Parent Parish

1871--Vernon Parish was created 30 March 1871 from Natchitoches, Rapides, and Sabine Parishes.
Parish seat: Leesville ^[1]

Boundary Changes

not apparent

See an interactive map of Louisiana boundary changes.

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places

• Cities: DeRidder . Leesville
• Towns: Hornbeck . New Llano . Rosepine
• Villages: Anacoco . Simpson
• Military: Fort Polk

Neighboring Parishes or Counties

Allen | Beauregard | Natchitoches | Rapides | Sabine | Newton County, Texas

Resources

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African American

• Louisiana African American Griots Project  ~  USGenWeb Project
• Afrigeneas - African Ancestored Genealogy

Cemeteries

• LA Tombstone Transcription Project  ~  partial records and photos  ~  USGenWeb Archives Project
• Interment.net  ~ LA cemetery records by county 
• African American Cemeteries  ~  listing by county 
• FindaGrave.com  ~  cemetery records with search by cemetery, by surname

Church

• Louisiana Historical Church Information 
• Directory of Churches in Louisiana  ~  by city  ~  Church Angel

Court

Land

Local Histories

Louisiana Museums

Maps

• Family Maps of Vernon Parish, Louisiana (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.
• USGW Digital Map Collection  ~  USGenWeb Project

Military

Louisiana Military History Online

Newspapers

• Louisiana Newspaper List  ~  listing by name/parish  ~  USNPL
• Louisiana Newspaper  ~  listing  ~  Newslink

Probate

Louisiana Probate Records  ~  information on.

Taxation

Vital Records

Louisiana Records and Statistics Information  ~ where and how to order information.

Societies and Libraries

• Louisiana Historical Society
• Louisiana Historical Association

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• FamilySearch.org
• The Vernon Parish LAGenWeb Project, an member of The LAGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
• Vernon Parish, Louisiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)

Wikipedia has more about this subject: Vernon Parish, Louisiana

References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed., Vernon Parish, Louisiana p 293 (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002). Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "Handybook" defined multiple times with different content