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Vernon is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The resident population was 91 at the 2000 census. It has the smallest population of any incorporated city in Southern California; most of the city's land area is occupied by industrial facilities. Vernon is the original site where The Battle of La Mesa occurred on January 9, 1847, the day after the Battle of Rio San Gabriel, which ended hostilities in Alta California during the Mexican-American war, 1846–1848.
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