Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Lyons came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Lyons in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Lyons. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Lyons data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Along The Tracks, A Directory of Named Places on Michigan Railroads
Written by: Meints, Graydon M.
Published by Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University - 1987
(Available from Amazon.com)

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Lyons:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers

Rand McNally Map of Michigan (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

Lyons is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Lyons in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Lyons for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Lyons. See our Misc Page for Lyons for more information.