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18-554: Bennion was born in Vernon , Utah Territory on May 5, 1887. The religion of the family, which he shared, was the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . His Welsh grandfather, John Bennion, had immigrated to Utah with the Mormon pioneers and established successful cattle operations near Taylorsville, Utah . Bennion was living near Preston, Idaho when he received his acceptance to

36-779: A county and are not incorporated municipalities. The oldest existing municipal town in Illinois is Astoria in Fulton County , incorporated on January 24, 1839; the newest existing town is La Prairie in Adams County , incorporated on April 15, 1869. There are 19 incorporated towns in Illinois, none of which are county seats Municipalities in Maryland can be cities , towns, or villages . In all six New England states ( Connecticut , Rhode Island , Massachusetts , Vermont , New Hampshire , and Maine ), towns are

54-486: A household in the town was $ 42,500, and the median income for a family was $ 43,500. Males had a median income of $ 38,333 versus $ 22,500 for females. The per capita income for the town was $ 13,053. About 10.7% of families and 13.2% of the population were below the poverty line , including 21.5% of those under the age of eighteen and 3.8% of those 65 or over. [REDACTED] Media related to Vernon, Utah at Wikimedia Commons Incorporated town An incorporated town

72-400: A petition to incorporate separately on February 22, 1972, and the remaining part of Onaqui was renamed Rush Valley . As of the census of 2000, there were 236 people, 77 households, and 59 families residing in the town. The population density was 31.4 people per square mile (12.1/km ). There were 86 housing units at an average density of 11.4 per square mile (4.4/km ). The racial makeup of

90-591: Is a town that is a municipal corporation . Incorporated towns are a form of local government in Canada , which is a responsibility of provincial rather than federal government. An incorporated town or city in the United States is a municipality that is incorporated under state law. An incorporated town will have elected officials, as differentiated from an unincorporated community , which exists only by tradition and does not have elected officials at

108-582: Is a town in southeastern Tooele County , Utah , United States. The town located along Utah State Route 36 in southern Rush Valley and is part of the Salt Lake City Metropolitan Statistical Area . The population was 236 at the 2000 census . Vernon is the birthplace of World War II Medal of Honor recipient Mervyn Sharp Bennion . According to the United States Census Bureau ,

126-682: Is no legal distinction between an incorporated city and an incorporated town. California has 22 incorporated municipalities that are styled "Town of (Name)" instead of "City of (Name)". In Illinois , an incorporated town is one of three types of incorporated municipalities . Incorporated towns were incorporated by special acts of the Illinois General Assembly prior to the creation of the Illinois Municipal Code. Illinois's standard law on municipalities came into effect on July 1, 1872, and does not provide for

144-636: The United States Naval Academy . Bennion graduated third in his 1910 class from the academy. His Naval Academy classmates included Marc Mitscher and Charles Alan Pownall . His younger brother Howard Bennion graduated first in his class of 1912 at the United States Military Academy . Bennion's first assignment after graduation was on the USS ; California in the engineering division. Subsequently, he

162-545: The battleship USS  West Virginia . He was mortally wounded by a shrapnel shard from the nearby USS  Tennessee after she was hit by a bomb. Mess Attendant Second Class Doris Miller and several other sailors attempted to move Captain Bennion to a first aid station, but he refused to leave his post, eventually ordering his men to leave him and save themselves. Using one arm to hold his wounds closed, he died from loss of blood while still commanding his crew. Bennion

180-479: The coldest temperature recorded was −26 °F (−32.2 °C) on December 23, 1990. The Vernon area was settled beginning in 1857. The community has the name of Joseph Vernon, a pioneer settler. In 1934, a very large incorporated town called Onaqui was created in the area, including Vernon as well as the settlements of Clover and St. John. Vernon was far from the rest of Onaqui, and locals always looked on it as somewhat independent. Vernon residents were granted

198-584: The incorporation of municipal towns. Since the Municipal Code provides a standard way for citizens to incorporate a new city or village, but not a town, incorporated towns are far less common than city and village municipalities in Illinois. Although civil townships and incorporated towns are sometimes both called towns , they are completely separate types of government in Illinois: Unlike incorporated towns, townships are subdivisions of

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216-428: The term "town" is not used for municipalities. There are also different types of town/city governments (incorporated or chartered) that affect the organization administrative powers such as council-manager government that is the most popular form, townships , Villages , town meeting , etc. Under California 's Government Code Sections 34500–34504, the terms "city" and "town" are explicitly interchangeable, i.e. there

234-579: The town has a total area of 7.5 square miles (19 km ), all land. The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Vernon has a hot-summer mediterranean continental climate , abbreviated "Dsa" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Vernon was 106 °F (41.1 °C) on July 13, 2002, and June 24, 2007, while

252-483: The town level. In some states, civil townships may sometimes be called towns, but are generally not incorporated municipalities, but are administrative subdivisions and derive their authority from statute rather than from a charter. In New York and Wisconsin , "towns" are more similar in concept to townships in other states than to incorporated towns in most states (see Administrative divisions of New York , Political subdivisions of Wisconsin ). In some other states,

270-513: The town was 94.07% White , 0.42% African American , 0.42% Asian , 2.54% from other races , and 2.54% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.66% of the population. There were 77 households, out of which 42.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.8% were married couples living together, 7.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.1% were non-families. 20.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.1% had someone living alone who

288-617: Was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor . Bennion is buried in the Salt Lake City Cemetery . On July 4, 1943, the destroyer USS  Bennion  (DD-662) , named in his honor, was christened by his widow. Bennion's Medal of Honor citation reads: [REDACTED]   This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships . Vernon, Utah Vernon

306-450: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.06 and the average family size was 3.62. In the town, the population was spread out, with 34.7% under the age of 18, 10.2% from 18 to 24, 22.5% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 11.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.9 males. The median income for

324-602: Was an ordnance and gunnery specialist serving in the Ordnance Bureau at Washington Navy Yard during World War I . Bennion's first command was the destroyer USS  Bernadou , followed by command of Destroyer Division One. He assumed command of the USS West Virginia on July 2, 1941. Bennion was killed in action during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor , December 7, 1941, while in command of

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