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Welcome to Lyons ...

Lyons is located in Clinton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lyons, you might consider that their post office opened in 1839.

Lyons is 640 feet [195 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Lyons lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Lyons: 563

Communities Also Named Lyons ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Iowa communities named Lyons: This one is located in Clinton County and the other is located in Linn County.

Beyond Iowa, there are 36 communities that are also named Lyons - they are located in Colorado, Florida, Georgia (3), Illinois (2), Indiana, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Michigan (2), Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas (2), Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lyons.

Communities near Lyons ...

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

  • De Witt
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Camanche
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Morrison
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Morrison is located in Whiteside County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morrison
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,950 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morrison <3>
  • Savanna
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Savanna is located in Carroll County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savanna
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,777 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Savanna <3>
  • Prophetstown
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Port Byron
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Port Byron is located in Rock Island County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Byron
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,597 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Byron <3>
  • Mount Carroll
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Erie
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Erie is located in Whiteside County (IL)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Erie
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,482 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Erie <3>
  • Princeton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Preston
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)

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 Lyons. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lyons.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Lyons. 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 Lyons.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lyons ...

Looking for more information about Lyons? 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 Lyons, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Lyons.

Adding Lyons to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lyons 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 Lyons was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Lyons post office opened in 1839. The Lyons post office closed in 1913.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lyons.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Iowa's counties, including Clinton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lyons - 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/