Vernon Township is a township in Lake County, Illinois, USA.

[3] Vernon Township covers an area of 36.2 square miles (93.8 km2); of this, 0.42 square miles (1.1 km2) or 1.14 percent is water.

[2] The stream of Indian Creek runs through this township.

All communities within the township are North Central suburbs of Chicago.

The township contains eight cemeteries: Diamond Lake, Gridley, Knopf, Long Grove, Lutheran, Vernon, Willow Lawn and Zion City.