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Welcome to Lyons ...

Lyons is located in Larue County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lyons, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902.

Lyons is 490 feet [149 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Lyons lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel south from Lyons (for example, toward Greensburg), you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Lyons: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Lyons ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 36 communities that are also named Lyons - they are located in Colorado, Florida, Georgia (3), Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa (2), Kansas (2), 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.

  • Elizabethtown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Bardstown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Hodgenville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Lebanon Junction
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Loretto
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Sonora
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Saint Mary
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Raywick
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Culvertown
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Culvertown is located in Nelson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culvertown
  • Gethsemane
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Gethsemane is located in Nelson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gethsemane

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.<5>

From that list, the Lyons post office opened in 1902. The Lyons post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lyons.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Larue, 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>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Lyons area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Lyons area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/