Lyon County (Kan.)
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Name (Hebrew)
מחוז ליון (קנזס)
Name (Latin)
Lyon County (Kan.)
Other forms of name
nnaa Lyon Co., Kan
Coordinates
-96.15 -96.15 38.45 38.45 (gooearth )
W0960901 W0960901 N0382700 N0382700 (geonames )
Associated country
United States
See Also From tracing place name
Breckenridge County (Kan.)
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Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(adm2; 38°27ʹ00ʺN 096°09ʹ01ʺW)
- 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)