Place:Lyon, Kentucky, United States

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NameLyon
Alt namesLyonsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates37.033°N 88.067°W
Located inKentucky, United States     (1854 - )
See alsoCaldwell, Kentucky, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Cemetery
Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Inhabited place
Carmack
Commerce Landing
Confederate
Cross Road
Eddy Bay
Eddyville
Eden Bay
Fairview
Greenacres
Indian Hills
Kuttawa
Lamasco
Palisades
Paradise Hills
Saratoga
Suwanee
Wildwood Hills
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Lyon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,680. Its county seat is Eddyville. The county was formed from Caldwell County, Kentucky in 1854 and named for former Congressman Chittenden Lyon.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1847 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1853 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1854 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1854 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1854 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1854 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1860 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1860 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1860 5,307
1870 6,233
1880 6,768
1890 7,628
1900 9,319
1910 9,423
1920 8,795
1930 8,530
1940 9,067
1950 6,853
1960 5,924
1970 5,562
1980 6,490
1990 6,624
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Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Lyon County, Kentucky, United States

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External links

http://home.hiwaay.net/~woliver/lyon.html

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