[13] Verran began as a government town surveyed during May 1914 and proclaimed by Governor Galway on 30 July 1914.

Boundaries for the locality were created in December 1998 and include the “ceased Government Town of Verran.”[1][4][6] The Verran Siding School opened in 1913 and closed in 1941.

[14] The principal land use within the locality is ‘primary production’ which mainly concerned with "grazing and cropping."

It also includes the protected area known as the Verran Tanks Conservation Park.

[15][1] Verran is located within the federal division of Grey, the state electoral district of Flinders and the local government area of the District Council of Cleve.