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Welcome to Lycan ...

Lycan is located in Baca County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lycan, you might consider that their post office opened in 1913.

Lycan is 3,860 feet [1,177 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Lycan is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Lycan lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Lycan (for example, toward Johnson (KS)), you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Lycan: 719

Communities near Lycan ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lycan.

  • Walsh
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Manter
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Manter is located in Stanton County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manter
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 149 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Manter <3>
  • Two Buttes
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • Minneapolis
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Minneapolis is located in Baca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minneapolis
  • Vilas
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Stonington
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
  • Johnson
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Johnson is located in Stanton County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Johnson
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,321 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Johnson <3>
  • Springfield
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Platt City ‑ Historic
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Platt City is located in Stanton County (KS)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platt City
    • Platt City has also been known as:
    • Platt
  • Holly
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Lycan. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lycan.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lycan. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lycan.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Lycan. See our Newspapers Page for Lycan.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lycan ...

Looking for more information about Lycan? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Lycan, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lycan.

Adding Lycan to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lycan in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Lycan was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Lycan post office opened in 1913. The Lycan post office closed in 1975.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lycan.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Baca, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lycan - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/