Editing Lyon County, Kansas

{{short description|County in Kansas, United States}}
{{Distinguish|Lyons, Kansas}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
|county             = Lyon County
|state              = Kansas
|type               = [[County (United States)|County]]
|ex image           = Lyon_county_kansas_courthouse_2009.jpg
|ex image cap       = Lyon County Courthouse in [[Emporia, Kansas|Emporia]] (2009)
|founded            = February 5, 1862
|named for          = [[Nathaniel Lyon]]
|seat wl            = Emporia
|largest city wl    = Emporia
|area_total_sq_mi   = 855
|area_land_sq_mi    = 847
|area_water_sq_mi   = 7.9
|area percentage    = 0.9%

|population_footnotes = <ref name="QF" />
|population_as_of   = 2020
|population_total   = 32179
|pop_est_footnotes  =<ref>{{Cite web |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-counties-total.html |access-date=March 24, 2024 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>
|pop_est_as_of      =2023
|population_est     =32172 {{decrease}}
|population_density_sq_mi = 38.0

|area codes         =
|district           = 2nd
|time zone          = Central
|website            = {{URL|https://lyoncounty.org/|LyonCounty.org}}
|coordinates        = {{coord|38|27|N|96|09|W|type:adm2nd_region:US-KS|display=title}}
}}

'''Lyon County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Kansas]].  Its [[county seat]] and largest city is [[Emporia, Kansas|Emporia]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=June 7, 2011|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref>  As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the county population was 32,179.<ref name="QF">{{cite web |title=QuickFacts; Lyon County, Kansas; Population, Census, 2020 & 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/lyoncountykansas/POP010220 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=August 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818020105/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/lyoncountykansas/POP010220 |archive-date=August 18, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>  The county was named for [[Nathaniel Lyon]], a general who was killed at the [[Battle of Wilson's Creek]] during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Qi9cXyTWt9EC | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2 | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Qi9cXyTWt9EC/page/n186 196]}}</ref>

==History==

===Early history===
{{See also|History of Kansas}}
For many [[millennia]], the [[Great Plains]] of [[North America]] was inhabited by [[nomadic]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]]. From the 16th century to 18th century, the [[Kingdom of France]] claimed ownership of large parts of [[North America]]. In 1762, after the [[French and Indian War]], France secretly ceded [[New France]] to [[Spain]], per the [[Treaty of Fontainebleau (1762)|Treaty of Fontainebleau]].

===19th century===
In 1802, Spain returned most of the land to France, but keeping title to about 7,500 square miles. In 1803, most of the land for [[History of Kansas|modern day Kansas]] was acquired by the United States from France as part of the 828,000 square mile [[Louisiana Purchase]] for 2.83 [[Penny (United States coin)|cents]] per [[acre]].

In 1806, [[Zebulon Pike]] led the [[Pike Expedition]] westward from [[St Louis, Missouri]], of which part of their journey followed the [[Cottonwood River (Kansas)|Cottonwood River]] through Lyon County.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://zebulonpike.org/maps/kansas/MAINSEKS.pdf |title=1806 Pike Expedition map through Lyon County. |access-date=May 31, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317175019/http://zebulonpike.org/maps/kansas/MAINSEKS.pdf |archive-date=March 17, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1854, the [[Kansas Territory]] was organized, then in 1861 [[Kansas]] became the 34th [[U.S. state]]. In 1862, '''Lyon County''' was established from the county formerly known as Breckinridge County.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_counties/view/county:BK | title=Breckinridge County, Kansas - Kansas Historical Society }}</ref>

In 1871, the [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]] extended a main line from Emporia to [[Newton, Kansas|Newton]].<ref name="Santa Fe Rail History">[http://kansasheritage.org/research/rr/santafe.html Santa Fe Rail History]</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|855|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|847|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|7.9|sqmi}} (0.9%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Wabaunsee County, Kansas|Wabaunsee County]] (north)
* [[Osage County, Kansas|Osage County]] (northeast)
* [[Coffey County, Kansas|Coffey County]] (southeast)
* [[Greenwood County, Kansas|Greenwood County]] (south)
* [[Chase County, Kansas|Chase County]] (west)
* [[Morris County, Kansas|Morris County]] (northwest)

===National protected area===
* [[Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge]] (part)

==Demographics==
[[Image:USA Lyon County, Kansas age pyramid.svg|thumb|175px|left|[[Population pyramid]] based on 2000 census age data]]
{{US Census population
|1870= 8014
|1880= 17326
|1890= 23196
|1900= 25074
|1910= 24927
|1920= 26154
|1930= 29240
|1940= 26424
|1950= 26576
|1960= 26928
|1970= 32071
|1980= 35108
|1990= 34732
|2000= 35935
|2010= 33690
|2020= 32179
|estyear=2023
|estimate=32172
|estref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 3, 2024}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 26, 2014}}</ref><br />1790-1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=July 26, 2014}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ks190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 26, 2014}}</ref><br />1990-2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 26, 2014}}</ref> 2010-2020<ref name="QF"/>
}}
Lyon County comprises the Emporia, KS [[Emporia micropolitan area|Micropolitan Statistical Area]].

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2000, there were 35,935 people, 13,691 households, and 8,639 families residing in the county. The population density was {{convert|42|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 14,757 housing units at an average density of {{convert|17|/mi2|/km2|}}. The racial makeup of the county was 83.27% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 2.27% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.47% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 2.04% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.01% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 9.79% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.16% from two or more races. 16.72% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 13,691 households, out of which 32.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.80% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.90% were non-families. 28.50% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.12.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 25.70% under the age of 18, 16.20% from 18 to 24, 27.20% from 25 to 44, 19.10% from 45 to 64, and 11.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.20 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $32,819, and the median income for a family was $43,112. Males had a median income of $28,865 versus $21,338 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $15,724. About 9.60% of families and 14.50% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 15.60% of those under age 18 and 9.20% of those age 65 or over.

==Government==

===Presidential elections===
Lyon County has been strongly Republican for most of its history. In only seven presidential elections from 1880 to the present has the county failed to back the Republican candidate, the most recent being [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] in his national landslide of 1964. The Republican party did come close to losing the county in 1992 and 2008, however.
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{{PresRow|1992|Republican|5,090|4,811|4,755|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|6,820|5,314|200|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|9,796|4,188|137|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|8,431|4,680|1,440|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|7,062|5,634|732|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|9,157|3,720|266|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|6,558|4,020|868|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|5,184|6,197|81|Kansas}}
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{{PresRow|1956|Republican|8,021|3,831|59|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|8,544|3,944|80|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|5,941|5,708|227|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|5,710|4,984|105|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|6,918|6,170|131|Kansas}}
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{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|6,044|6,365|347|Kansas}}
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{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|2,860|3,276|93|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1892|Populist|2,591|0|2,753|Kansas}}
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===Laws===
Lyon County was a prohibition, or [[dry county|"dry"]], county until the [[Kansas Constitution]] was amended in 1986 and voters approved the sale of alcoholic liquor by the individual drink with a 30 percent food sales requirement. The food sales requirement was removed with voter approval in 1992.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ksrevenue.org/abcwetdrymap.htm |title=Map of Wet and Dry Counties |publisher=Alcoholic Beverage Control, Kansas Department of Revenue |date=November 2006 |access-date=December 28, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008013617/http://www.ksrevenue.org/abcwetdrymap.htm |archive-date=October 8, 2007}}</ref>

The county voted "No" on the [[2022 Kansas abortion referendum]], an anti-abortion ballot measure, by 63% to 37% despite backing [[Donald Trump]] with 54% of the vote to [[Joe Biden]]'s 43% in the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential election]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/14-out-19-counties-that-rejected-kansas-anti-abortion-measure-backed-trump-2022-8|title=14 of the 19 Kansas counties that rejected an anti-abortion amendment voted for Trump in 2020|publisher=Business Insider|last=Panetta|first=Grace|date=August 3, 2022|accessdate=August 3, 2022}}</ref>

==Education==

===Colleges and universities===
* [[Emporia State University]] in Emporia
* [[Flint Hills Technical College]] in Emporia

===Unified school districts===
School districts include:<ref name=CensusSDMap2020>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st20_ks/schooldistrict_maps/c20111_lyon/DC20SD_C20111.pdf|title=2020 Census - School District Reference Map: Lyon County, KS|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-11-02}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st20_ks/schooldistrict_maps/c20111_lyon/DC20SD_C20111_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>
* [[North Lyon County USD 251]]
* [[Southern Lyon County USD 252]]
* [[Emporia USD 253]]

;School district office in neighboring county<ref name=CensusSDMap2020/>
* [[Chase County USD 284]]
* [[Lebo-Waverly USD 243]]
* [[Madison-Virgil USD 386]]
* [[Morris County USD 417]]
* [[Wabaunsee East USD 330]]

==Communities==
[[Image:Map of Lyon Co, Ks, USA.png|thumb|300px|2005 map of Lyon County<ref name="County-Map-Current"/> ([[:File:Kansas official transportation map legend.png|map legend]])]]
List of townships / incorporated cities / unincorporated communities / extinct former communities within Lyon County.<ref name="County-Map-Current">{{cite web |title=General Highway Map of Lyon County, Kansas |url=https://www.ksdot.gov/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/lyon.PDF |publisher=[[Kansas Department of Transportation]] (KDOT) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216214426/https://www.ksdot.gov/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/lyon.PDF |archive-date=December 16, 2023 |date=September 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Cities===
{{div col}}
* [[Admire, Kansas|Admire]]
* [[Allen, Kansas|Allen]]
* [[Americus, Kansas|Americus]]
* [[Bushong, Kansas|Bushong]]
* [[Emporia, Kansas|Emporia]] (county seat) 
* [[Hartford, Kansas|Hartford]]
* [[Neosho Rapids, Kansas|Neosho Rapids]]
* [[Olpe, Kansas|Olpe]]
* [[Reading, Kansas|Reading]]
{{div col end}}

===Unincorporated communities===
* [[Miller, Kansas|Miller]]
* [[Plymouth, Kansas|Plymouth]]

===Townships===
Lyon County is divided into eleven [[Civil township|townships]]. The city of Emporia is considered ''governmentally independent'' and is excluded from the census figures for the townships. In the following table, the population center is the largest city (or cities) included in that township's population total, if it is of a significant size.

{| class="toccolours" border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="text-align:center; border-collapse:collapse; font-size:90%;"
|+align="bottom"|Sources: [https://web.archive.org/web/20020802223743/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/places2k.html 2000 U.S. Gazetteer] from the [[U.S. Census Bureau]].
|- style="background:#ccccff"
! Township !! [[FIPS place code|FIPS]] !! Population<br />center
! Population !! Population<br />density<br /><small>/km<sup>2</sup> (/sq&nbsp;mi)</small>
! Land area<br /><small>km<sup>2</sup> (sq&nbsp;mi)</small> !! Water area<br /><small>km<sup>2</sup> (sq&nbsp;mi)</small> !! Water %
! Geographic coordinates
|-
| Agnes City || 00525 || || 430 || 2 (4) || 279 (108) || 0 (0) || 0.15% || {{coord|38|39|54|N|96|13|50|W|}}
|-
| Americus || 01700 || || 1,503 || 7 (17) || 225 (87) || 1 (0) || 0.35% || {{coord|38|31|12|N|96|16|0|W|}}
|-
| Center || 11800 || || 1,198 || 4 (10) || 308 (119) || 3 (1) || 0.82% || {{coord|38|14|17|N|96|13|13|W|}}
|-
| Elmendaro || 20687 || || 788 || 4 (10) || 257 (99) || 1 (0) || 0.31% || {{coord|38|15|31|N|96|1|8|W|}}
|-
| Emporia || 21300 || || 907 || 8 (21) || 143 (55) || 2 (1) || 1.20% || {{coord|38|23|7|N|96|10|13|W|}}
|-
| Fremont || 24750 || || 903 || 5 (12) || 184 (71) || 1 (0) || 0.33% || {{coord|38|29|35|N|96|9|17|W|}}
|-
| Ivy || 34700 || || 269 || 3 (9) || 88 (34) || 0 (0) || 0.07% || {{coord|38|38|23|N|96|5|25|W|}}
|-
| Jackson || 34825 || || 979 || 4 (11) || 227 (88) || 1 (1) || 0.62% || {{coord|38|23|39|N|96|0|37|W|}}
|-
| Pike || 55825 || || 1,034 || 6 (17) || 139 (54) || 0 (0) || 0.35% || {{coord|38|24|13|N|96|17|39|W|}}
|-
| Reading || 58625 || || 487 || 3 (8) || 175 (67) || 1 (1) || 0.79% || {{coord|38|31|35|N|95|59|56|W|}}
|-
| Waterloo || 75925 || || 284 || 2 (5) || 154 (59) || 1 (0) || 0.40% || {{coord|38|41|32|N|96|0|26|W|}}
|}

==Notable people==
{{See also|List of people from Lyon County, Kansas}}

[[R. Lee Ermey]] was born in Emporia on March 24, 1944, and died on April 15, 2018. He was a retired [[United States Marine Corps]] [[Gunnery Sergeant]], [[Drill Instructor]] and actor. Ermey was often best known for his roles of authority figures, such as his breakout performance as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in ''[[Full Metal Jacket]]'', Mayor Tilman in the [[Alan Parker]] film ''[[Mississippi Burning]]'', [[Bill Bowerman]] in ''[[Prefontaine (film)|Prefontaine]]'', [[Sheriff Hoyt]] in ''[[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003 film)|The Texas Chainsaw Massacre]]'' remake, and [[Army men|plastic army men]] leader [[List of Toy Story characters|Sarge]] in the ''[[Toy Story]]'' films.

[[Homer Woodson Hargiss]] was an innovative [[college football]] coach who regularly used the [[forward pass]] and records show that it was used as early as 1910, three years before [[Knute Rockne]] began to call the play. He was head coach at both the [[College of Emporia Presbies|College of Emporia]] and [[Emporia State Hornets football|Emporia State]].<ref>[http://www.oberheide.org/hargiss/Forward%20Pass/547/Emporia%20Gazette.htm Emporia Gazette, 1910 Forward Pass]</ref><ref>[http://www.oberheide.org/hargiss/Forward%20Pass/First%20use%20forward%20pass.htm Definitive use of forward pass and the option pass in 1910 by Bill Hargiss<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>  He is also credited with inventing the [[huddle]].<ref>http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv11/CFHSNv11n2c.pdf#2 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506071710/http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/CFHSN/CFHSNv11/CFHSNv11n2c.pdf#2 |date=May 6, 2011 }} {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>

[[Jerry Kill]] was the head football coach for the [[Minnesota Golden Gophers football|Minnesota Golden Gophers]]. He has over 100 wins in his career as a head coach, having worked as a head coach through several institutions at the college level.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=2781|publisher=[[College Football Data Warehouse]]|title=Jerry Kill Records by Year (Jerry Kill)|access-date=March 30, 2012|first=David|last=DeLassus|archive-date=September 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120929082417/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=2781|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Dean Smith]] is a retired American [[Coach (basketball)|head coach]] of men's [[college basketball]]. Originally from [[Emporia, Kansas|Emporia]], [[Kansas]], Smith has been called a “coaching legend” by the [[Basketball Hall of Fame]]. Smith is best known for his successful 36-year coaching tenure at the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]]. Smith coached from 1961 to 1997 and retired as the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[Division I (NCAA)|Division I]] men's basketball record-holder for victories (879), a record which was surpassed by [[Bob Knight]] in 2007, [[Mike Krzyzewski]] in 2011, and [[Jim Boeheim]] in 2012.<ref name="ncaastats">{{cite web|url=https://www.ncaa.org/stats/m_basketball/coaching/index.html |title=NCAA stats |work=NCAA |publisher=NCAA |access-date=February 1, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061008164146/http://www.ncaa.org/stats/m_basketball/coaching/index.html |archive-date=October 8, 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> During his tenure as head coach of North Carolina, the team won two national titles and appeared in 11 [[Final Four]]s.<ref name="DSbio">{{cite web|url=http://www.hoophall.com/halloffamers/bhof-dean-smith.html|title=Dean Smith Biography|work=Hall of Famers|publisher=Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Inc.|access-date=October 29, 2006 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070505133017/http://www.hoophall.com/halloffamers/bhof-dean-smith.html |archive-date = May 5, 2007}}</ref>

[[William Allen White]] was a renowned American [[newspaper editor]], politician, author, and leader of the [[Progressive movement]]. Between 1896 and his death White became the iconic spokesman for [[Middle America (United States)|middle America]]. He won a [[1923 Pulitzer Prize]] for his editorial "To an Anxious Friend," published July 27, 1922, after being arrested in a dispute over free speech following objections to the way the state of Kansas handled the men who participated in the [[Great Railroad Strike of 1922]].

[[Maud Wagner]] was the first known female tattoo artist in the United States. She was a circus performer and traveled with her husband as both tattoo artists and as "tattooed attractions."

==See also==
{{Portal|Kansas}}
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Lyon County, Kansas]]
{{See also Kansas counties}}
* [[Jacobs Creek Flood]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
;Notes
{{Notelist}}

==Further reading==
{{Kansas books}}
{{See also|William Allen White#Further reading|l1=List of books about William Allen White}}
* [http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/223969/ ''Standard Atlas of Lyon County, Kansas'']; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 84 pages; 1918.
* [http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/209380/ ''Standard Atlas of Lyon County, Kansas'']; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 60 pages; 1901.
* [http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/223971/ ''An Illustrated Historical Atlas of Lyon County, Kansas'']; Edwards Brothers; 58 pages; 1878.

==External links==
{{Commons category|Lyon County, Kansas}}
;County
* {{Official website|https://lyoncounty.org/|Lyon County - Official}}
* [https://www.lkm.org/members/?id=41260456 Lyon County - Directory of Public Officials]
;Historical
* [https://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_counties/view/county:LY Lyon County - History], Kansas State Historical Society
;Maps
* Lyon County Maps: [https://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/lyon.PDF Current], [https://www.ksdot.org/bureaus/burtransplan/maps/PastPublishedCounty.asp Historic], KDOT
* Kansas Highway Maps: [https://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/MapsState.asp Current], [https://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/maps/HistoricStateMaps.asp Historic], KDOT
* Kansas Railroad Maps: [https://www.ksdot.org/BurTransPlan/maps/RRStateMap.asp Current], [https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/227379 1996], [https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/227380 1915], KDOT and Kansas Historical Society

{{Geographic location
|Center    = Lyon County, Kansas
|North     = [[Wabaunsee County, Kansas|Wabaunsee County]]
|Northeast = [[Osage County, Kansas|Osage County]]
|East      = 
|Southeast = [[Coffey County, Kansas|Coffey County]]
|South     = [[Greenwood County, Kansas|Greenwood County]]
|Southwest = [[Chase County, Kansas|Chase County]]
|West      = 
|Northwest = [[Morris County, Kansas|Morris County]]
}}

{{Lyon County, Kansas}}
{{Kansas}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Lyon County, Kansas| ]]
[[Category:Kansas counties]]
[[Category:1862 establishments in Kansas]]
[[Category:Emporia, Kansas micropolitan area]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1862]]