Editing Lyon County, Nevada

{{Short description|County in Nevada, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Lyon County
 | state                = Nevada
 | type                 = [[County (United States)|County]]
 | flag                 = LyonCountyNVflag.jpg
 | seal                 = 
 | founded year         = {{Start date and age|1861}}
 | founded date         = 
 | named for            = [[Nathaniel Lyon]]
 | seat wl              = Yerington
 | largest city wl      = Fernley
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 2024
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 2001
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 23
 | area percentage      = 1.1
 | population_as_of     = 2020
 | population_total     = 59235
 | population_density_sq_mi = auto
 | district             = 2nd
 | district2            = 4th
 | time zone            = Pacific
 | web                  = http://lyon-county.org/
 | ex image             = Lyon County Courthouse (Nevada).jpg
 | ex image cap         = [[Lyon County Courthouse (Nevada)|Lyon County Courthouse]] in Yerington
|flag size=125px|logo=lyon-county-emblem.png|logo size=75px}}
[[File:Fort Churchill Gelatin.jpg|thumb|Ruins at [[Fort Churchill State Historic Park]]]]
[[File:Dinis lucky club.JPG|thumb|[[Dini's Lucky Club]] in [[Yerington, Nevada|Yerington]]]]

'''Lyon County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Nevada]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 59,235.<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Lyon County, NV|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/lyoncountynevada/POP010220|access-date=March 29, 2022|website=United States Census Bureau QuickFacts|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> Lyon County comprises the [[Fernley, NV]] [[Micropolitan Statistical Area]] which is part of the [[Reno, Nevada|Reno]]-[[Carson City, Nevada|Carson City]]-Fernley, NV [[Reno–Sparks metropolitan area|Combined Statistical Area]].

==History==
Lyon County was one of the nine original counties created on November 25, 1861.<ref>{{cite web|title=Creation of Nevada's Counties|url=https://www.nvnaco.org/about/county-history/|publisher=Nevada Association of Counties|access-date=November 25, 2017}}</ref> It was named after [[Nathaniel Lyon]], the first Union General to be killed in the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Gannett|first=Henry|title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ|year=1905|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n192 193]|access-date=January 1, 2016}}</ref> Its first [[county seat]] was established at [[Dayton, Nevada|Dayton]] on November 29, 1861,<ref name="1stSession">{{cite book |author=<!--Legislative Assembly, Territory of Nevada.--> |title=Laws of the Territory of Nevada passed at the first regular session of the Legislative Assembly |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oq0wAQAAMAAJ |location=San Francisco, CA |publisher=Valentine & Co. |pages=289–291 |date=1862 |access-date=May 14, 2014 }}</ref> which had just changed its name from [[Nevada City, Nevada|Nevada City]] in 1862, and which had been called Chinatown before that. After the Dayton Court House burned down in 1909, the seat was moved to [[Yerington, Nevada|Yerington]] in 1911. There were stories that it was named for Captain Robert Lyon, a survivor of the [[Paiute War|Pyramid Lake War]] in 1860, but Nevada State Archives staff discovered a county seal with the picture of the Civil War general, settling the conflict.<ref>{{cite news | title = Lyon got its name where? | newspaper = Mason Valley News | location = [[Yerington, Nevada]] | page = 50 | date = March 12, 1993 | url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32469168/lyon_got_its_name_where/ | access-date = June 8, 2019}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|2024|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|2001|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|23|sqmi}} (1.1%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_32.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=December 20, 2014|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref> It is the fourth-smallest county in Nevada by area. The highest point is approximately {{convert|10,565|ft|m}} on the northeast ridge of [[Middle Sister (California)|Middle Sister]], the peak of which is located in adjacent [[Mono County, California|Mono County]], [[California]], while the highest independent mountain completely within Lyon County is the nearby [[East Sister (Nevada)|East Sister]]. The most topographically prominent peak in Lyon County is [[Bald Mountain (Lyon County, Nevada)|Bald Mountain]].

Part of the [[Toiyabe National Forest]] is located within Lyon County.

===Major highways===
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* [[File:I-11 (Future).svg|20px]] [[Interstate 11]] (Future)
* [[File:I-80 (NV).svg|20px]] [[Interstate 80 in Nevada|Interstate 80]]
* [[File:Business Loop 80.svg|20px]] [[Nevada State Route 427|Interstate 80 Business (Wadsworth–Fernley)]]
* [[File:US 50.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 50 in Nevada|U.S. Route 50]]
* [[File:US 95.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 95 in Nevada|U.S. Route 95]]
* [[File:Alt plate.svg|20px]]<br>[[File:US 50.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 50 Alternate (Nevada)|U.S. Route 50 Alternate]]
* [[File:Alt plate.svg|20px]]<br>[[File:US 95.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 95 Alternate (Schurz–Fernley, Nevada)|U.S. Route 95 Alternate]]
* [[File:Nevada 208.svg|20px]] [[Nevada State Route 208|State Route 208]]
* [[File:Nevada 338.svg|20px]] [[Nevada State Route 338|State Route 338]]
* [[File:Nevada 339.svg|20px]] [[Nevada State Route 339|State Route 339]]
* [[File:Nevada 340.svg|20px]] [[Nevada State Route 340|State Route 340]]
* [[File:Nevada 341.svg|20px]] [[Nevada State Route 341|State Route 341]]
* [[File:Nevada 427.svg|20px]] [[Nevada State Route 427|State Route 427]]
* [[File:Nevada 439.svg|20px]] [[Nevada State Route 439|State Route 439]]
* [[File:Nevada 823.svg|20px]] [[Nevada State Route 823|State Route 823]]
* [[File:Nevada 824.svg|20px]] [[Nevada State Route 824|State Route 824]]
* [[File:Nevada 827.svg|20px]] [[Nevada State Route 827|State Route 827]]
* [[File:Nevada 828.svg|20px]] [[Nevada State Route 828|State Route 828]]
* [[File:Nevada 829.svg|20px]] [[Nevada State Route 829|State Route 829]]
{{div col end}}

===Adjacent counties and city===
* [[Washoe County, Nevada|Washoe County]] - north
* [[Storey County, Nevada|Storey County]] - northwest
* [[Churchill County, Nevada|Churchill County]] - east
* [[Douglas County, Nevada|Douglas County]] - west
* [[Carson City, Nevada|Carson City]] - west
* [[Mineral County, Nevada|Mineral County]] - southeast
* [[Mono County, California]] - southwest

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1870= 1837
|1880= 2409
|1890= 1987
|1900= 2268
|1910= 3568
|1920= 4078
|1930= 3810
|1940= 4076
|1950= 3679
|1960= 6143
|1970= 8221
|1980= 13594
|1990= 20001
|2000= 34501
|2010= 51980
|2020= 59235
|estyear=2024
|estimate=63718
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2024">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-counties-total.html|title=County Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2024|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 15, 2025}}</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=December 20, 2014}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=January 2022|reason=No population information about the county is available at this link}}<br />1790-1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=December 20, 2014}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/nv190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=December 20, 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=December 20, 2014}}</ref> 2010-2020<ref name="QF"/>
}}

===2000 census===
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 34,501 people, 13,007 households, and 9,443 families living in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|17|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people|}}. There were 14,279 housing units at an average density of {{convert|7|/mi2|/km2|adj=pre|units&nbsp;}}. The racial makeup of the county was 88.62% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 0.65% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 2.45% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.61% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.14% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 4.59% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.94% from two or more races. 10.97% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 13,007 households, out of which 33.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.40% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.40% were non-families. 21.40% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.02.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 27.10% under the age of 18, 6.60% from 18 to 24, 27.30% from 25 to 44, 25.20% from 45 to 64, and 13.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 102.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $40,699, and the median income for a family was $44,887. Males had a median income of $34,034 versus $25,914 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $18,543. About 7.20% of families and 10.40% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 14.10% of those under age 18 and 7.10% of those age 65 or over.

From 2000 until 2008, Lyon County was one of the fastest-growing counties in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|author=Les Christie, CNNMoney staff writer |url=https://money.cnn.com/2006/03/15/real_estate/fastest_growing_US_counties/ |title=100 fastest growing counties - Mar. 16, 2006 |publisher=Money.cnn.com |date=March 16, 2006 |access-date=January 1, 2016}}</ref> However, its growth rate collapsed during 2008.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/intercensal-2000-2010-counties.html | title = County Intercensal Tables: 2000-2010 | publisher = [[United States Census]] | access-date = February 13, 2019}}</ref>

===2010 census===
As of the [[2010 United States Census]], there were 51,980 people, 19,808 households, and 14,137 families living in the county.<ref name="census-dp1">{{cite web
  |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0500000US32019
  |title=DP-1 Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data
  |access-date=January 21, 2016
|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213022942/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0500000US32019
  |archive-date=February 13, 2020
|url-status=dead
  }}</ref> The population density was {{convert|26.0|PD/sqmi}}. There were 22,547 housing units at an average density of {{convert|11.3|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}.<ref name="census-density">{{cite web
  |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY07/0500000US32019
  |access-date=January 21, 2016
|title=Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County
  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213191831/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY07/0500000US32019
  |archive-date=February 13, 2020
|url-status=dead
  }}</ref> The racial makeup of the county was 85.0% white, 2.5% American Indian, 1.4% Asian, 0.8% black or African American, 0.3% Pacific islander, 6.4% from other races, and 3.7% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 14.8% of the population.<ref name="census-dp1"/> In terms of ancestry, 20.0% were [[Germans|German]], 18.5% were [[English people|English]], 15.5% were [[Irish people|Irish]], 5.9% were [[Italians|Italian]], and 5.3% were [[Americans|American]].<ref name="census-dp2">{{cite web
  |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP02/0500000US32019
  |title=DP02 SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS IN THE UNITED STATES – 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
  |access-date=January 21, 2016
|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213013513/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP02/0500000US32019
  |archive-date=February 13, 2020
|url-status=dead
  }}</ref>

Of the 19,808 households, 33.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.3% were married couples living together, 10.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 28.6% were non-families, and 22.1% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.02. The median age was 40.9 years.<ref name="census-dp1"/>

The median income for a household in the county was $48,433 and the median income for a family was $56,106. Males had a median income of $45,319 versus $31,536 for females. The per capita income for the county was $21,041. About 8.7% of families and 12.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 14.9% of those under age 18 and 6.6% of those age 65 or over.<ref name="census-dp3">{{cite web
  |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP03/0500000US32019
  |title=DP03 SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS – 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
  |access-date=January 21, 2016
|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213023210/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP03/0500000US32019
  |archive-date=February 13, 2020
|url-status=dead
  }}</ref>

==Communities==
[[File:Molossia - Border with United States.jpg|thumb|upright|"[[Republic of Molossia]]", near [[Dayton, Nevada|Dayton]]]]

===Cities===
*[[Fernley, Nevada|Fernley]]
*[[Yerington, Nevada|Yerington]] (county seat)

===Census-designated places===
*[[Dayton, Nevada|Dayton]]
*[[Silver City, Nevada|Silver City]]
*[[Silver Springs, Nevada|Silver Springs]]
*[[Smith Valley, Nevada|Smith Valley]]
*[[Stagecoach, Nevada|Stagecoach]]

===Other unincorporated places===
{{div col|colwidth=15em}}
*Argo
*Artesia
*Bucklands Station
*Cambridge
*Churchhill
*Como
*Davis Station
*Greenville
*Hoye
*Hudson
*[[Johntown, Nevada|Johntown]]
*Ludwig
*[[Lux, Nevada|Lux]]
*Marshland
*[[Mason, Nevada|Mason]]
*[[Mound House, Nevada|Mound House]]
*Nordyke
*Palmyra
*Pine Grove
*Ramsey
*Rapids City
*Rockland
*[[Simpson, Nevada|Simpson]]
*Stone Cabin
*[[Sutro, Nevada|Sutro]]
*Sweetwater
*Thompson
*Tippecanoe
*Twin Flat
*Wabuska
*Walker River
*Weeks
*[[Wellington, Nevada|Wellington]]
*Willington Springs
*Wichman
{{div col end}}

==Politics==
Although not so historically Republican as neighboring [[Douglas County, Nevada|Douglas County]], Lyon is nonetheless a powerfully Republican county. The last Democrat to carry the county was [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] in 1940 – the county was one of three in Nevada to vote for [[Barry Goldwater]] in 1964 – and [[Jimmy Carter]] in 1976 is the last Democrat to pass forty percent of Lyon County's vote.

An advisory question about Lyon County's legal brothels was put on the 2018 ballot. "Lyon County Question 1" asked whether or not voters wanted to rescind Title 3, Chapter 5, which is the Lyon County Brothel Ordinance. Out of 20,674 votes cast, 4,031 voted to have it rescinded, and 16,643 voted to keep the brothels open in Lyon County.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nevadabrothels.co/lyon-county-question-1-votes-are-in/|title=Lyon County Question 1 Votes Are In.... {{!}} Nevada Brothels|date=November 7, 2018|work=Nevada Brothels|access-date=November 8, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>

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==Education==
Lyon County has sixteen schools provided by the [[Lyon County School District]].

==Transportation==

===Air===
There are three public airports in Lyon County: 
*[[Yerington Municipal Airport]], with a 5,800-foot-long runway.
*[[Silver Springs Airport]], with a 7,200-foot-long runway capable of accepting 737s (its runway lights are visible when driving down on Fir Street from Ramsey Weeks cut-off to 95A).
*[[Tiger Field]] on US 95A about three miles from Fernley, with a gravel runway of 2,750 feet and a paved runway of 5,600 feet.

===Railroads===
The [[Central Pacific Railroad|Central Pacific]] (the [[first transcontinental railroad]]) ran through the county, although a portion of the original route has been shifted for a new route south of Wadsworth in favor of Fernley. The Central Pacific later became the [[Southern Pacific Railroad]] which was merged into [[Union Pacific]] in 1996.

The [[Virginia and Truckee Railroad]] runs through [[Mound House, Nevada|Mound House]] in western Lyon County, on its way from [[Carson City, Nevada|Carson City]] to [[Virginia City, Nevada|Virginia City]].

The narrow-gauge [[Carson and Colorado Railroad]] had its terminus in Mound House, where it intersected with the V&T. It traveled east through Dayton, then turned south to the Mason Valley, and east again on its way to Walker Lake. Later a branch line connected the C&C to the Southern Pacific at [[Hazen, Nevada|Hazen]]. While the line west of Silver Springs was removed, the line from Hazen to Walker Lake (now standard gauge) is still in place, and used several times each week by the Union Pacific to service the [[NV Energy]] Fort Churchill Generating Station, near Yerington.

The [[Eagle Salt Works Railroad]] ran for 13.5 miles, primarily on the original Central Pacific grade from Luva (two miles east of Fernley) to [[Eagle Salt Works Railroad]].

The [[Nevada Copper Belt Railroad]] ran on the west side of the [[Mason Valley (Nevada)|Mason Valley]].

===Train===
[[Amtrak]]'s ''[[California Zephyr]]'' passenger train passes through, but does not stop in Lyon County. The nearest Amtrak passenger stations are located in [[Reno station|Reno]] and [[Winnemucca station|Winnemucca]]. The ''California Zephyr'' runs from the [[San Francisco Bay Area]] to [[Chicago]] via [[Salt Lake City]], [[Denver]] and [[Omaha]].

==Entertainment==
[[Prostitution]] is licensed and legalized in Lyon county. There are several open [[Ranch (brothel)|ranches]], including:
*[[Moonlite Bunny Ranch]] (the most famous Lyon Country brothel) 
*[[Sagebrush Ranch]]
All are located in [[Mound House, Nevada|Mound House]], which is on US Highway 50 adjacent to the line dividing Lyon and Carson City counties.

Several gambling casinos are located in various parts of Lyon County, as are numerous restaurants, clubs, saloons, etc.

==See also==
{{Portal|Nevada}}
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Lyon County, Nevada]]

==Notes==
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==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website|http://lyon-county.org/}}
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{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Lyon County, Nevada
|North     = [[Washoe County, Nevada|Washoe County]]
|Northeast = 
|East      = [[Churchill County, Nevada|Churchill County]]
|Southeast = [[Mineral County, Nevada|Mineral County]]
|South     = 
|Southwest = [[Mono County, California]]
|West      = [[Douglas County, Nevada|Douglas County]] and [[Carson City, Nevada|City of Carson City]]
|Northwest = [[Storey County, Nevada|Storey County]]
}}

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