Lyon Township, Cloud County, Kansas
Township in Kansas, United States
39°22′20″N 097°45′31″W / 39.37222°N 97.75861°W / 39.37222; -97.75861 (2000)
Lyon Township is a township in Cloud County, Kansas, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 103.
History
Lyon Township was originally called Fowler Township (in honor of a pioneer settler), and under the latter name was organized in April, 1872. About a month later it was renamed for General Nathaniel Lyon.[1]
Geography
Lyon Township covers an area of 54.73 square miles (141.8 km2) and contains no incorporated settlements.
References
- ^ Hollibaugh, E. F. (1903). Biographical History of Cloud County, Kansas: Biographies of Representative Citizens. Illustrated with Portraits of Prominent People, Cuts of Homes, Stock, Etc. Wilson, Humphrey & Company. p. 73.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
External links
- US-Counties.com
- City-Data.com
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Municipalities and communities of Cloud County, Kansas, United States
County seat: Concordia
- Aurora
- Clyde
- Concordia
- Glasco
- Jamestown
- Miltonvale
- Simpson‡
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communities
‡This community also has portions in an adjacent county or counties.
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