Vernon Township is one of eleven townships in Jennings County, Indiana, United States.

As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,858 (up from 2,809 at 2010[1]) and it contained 1,193 housing units.

[2] According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 34.08 square miles (88.3 km2), of which 33.98 square miles (88.0 km2) (or 99.71%) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) (or 0.29%) is water.

[1] The streams of Crooked Creek, Duck Branch, Goose Run and Huckleberry Branch run through this township.

The township contains six cemeteries: Baldwin, Coryell, Ebenezer, Stewart, Sullivan and Vernon.