Place:Lyon, Kansas, United States

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NameLyon
Alt namesBreckenridgesource: Family History Library Catalog
Breckenridge Countysource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS20014547
LYsource: Wikipedia
Lyonsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Madisonsource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeCounty
Coordinates38.45°N 96.15°W
Located inKansas, United States     (1862 - )
See alsoBreckinridge, Kansas, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Madison, Kansas, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Admire
Allen
Berkeley Hills
Bushong
Emporia Junction
Emporia
Hartford
Lang
Merrick
Miller
Neosho Rapids
Olpe
Plymouth
Reading
Populated place
Americus
Township
Agnes City
Americus (township)
Center
Elmendaro
Emporia (township)
Fremont
Ivy
Jackson
Pike
Reading (township)
Waterloo
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Lyon County (standard abbreviation: LY) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 32,179. The county seat and largest city is Emporia. The county was named for General Nathaniel Lyon, who was killed at the Battle of Wilson's Creek in the Civil War.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1856 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1858 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1859 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1859 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1862 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1870 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1870 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1886 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1870 8,014
1880 17,326
1890 23,196
1900 25,074
1910 24,927
1920 26,154
1930 29,240
1940 26,424
1950 26,576
1960 26,928
1970 32,071
1980 35,108
1990 34,732
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Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Lyon County, Kansas, United States

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