| LC control no. | n 81140164 |
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| Geographic heading | Lyon County (Kan.) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Kansas--Lyon County |
| Variant(s) | Lyon Co., Kan. |
| See also | Breckenridge County (Kan.) |
| Found in | Kansas. State Board of Health. Lyon County, Kansas citizens' community ... 1958. Lyon County, KS WWW Home Page, 27 Nov. 2001: (organized 1860; named ... in honor of John C. Breckenridge, U.S. Senator from Ky. and Vice-Pres. of the U.S.; named changed to honor Gen. Nathaniel Lyon, killed while in command of the Union Army at the battle of Wilson's Creek, Missouri, Aug. 10, 1861) Lyon County, Kansas Census Links WWW Home Page, 27 Nov. 2001 (present day Lyon County, Kan. was once Breckenridge and part of Madison Co., Kan. [np publs. in LC data base]; On Feb. 6, 1862 Breckenridge County became Lyon County) GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (adm2; 38°27ʹ00ʺN 096°09ʹ01ʺW) |
| Geographic area code | n-us-ks |
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