page_title: Vernon Parish, Louisiana
section_title: Communities
hierarchical_section_title: Vernon Parish, Louisiana / Communities
caption_attribution_description: Map of Vernon Parish, Louisiana, United States with municipal boundaries
context_page_description: Vernon Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 52,334. The parish seat is Leesville. Bordered on the west by the Sabine River, the parish was founded in 1871 during the Reconstruction era.
  It was long a center of the timber industry, which harvested pine in the hills and bottomland hardwoods. Construction of a railway to the area in 1897 stimulated marketing of lumber and businesses in the area.
  Since World War II, Fort Polk has been most important to the parish economy. The population of the Leesville area rapidly increased fivefold after the fort was opened. Vernon Parish is part of the Fort Polk South, LA Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the DeRidder-Fort Polk South, LA Combined Statistical Area.
caption: Map of Vernon Parish, Louisiana With Municipal Labels
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