Welcome to Lyda ...

So far, we found very little information about Lyda. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Lyda to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Lyda, please Contact Us.

Lyda would have been located within present day Macon County<2>.

The location of Lyda has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lyda, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1875.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Lyda is 890 feet [271 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Lyda was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Lyda would have been located in the (660) area code.

Communities Also Named Lyda ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Lyda - it's located in Ohio.

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

Communities near Lyda ...

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

• Macon
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Macon have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Macon
  • Macon is located in Macon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,341 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Macon <5>
• La Plata
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Plata
  • La Plata is located in Macon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,303 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for La Plata <5>
• Clarence
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarence
  • Clarence is located in Shelby County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 752 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clarence <5>
• Bevier
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Bevier have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bevier
  • Bevier is located in Macon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 688 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bevier <5>
• Atlanta
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atlanta
  • Atlanta is located in Macon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 384 people
• Callao
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Callao
  • Callao is located in Macon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Callao <5>
• New Cambria
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Cambria have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Cambria
  • New Cambria is located in Macon County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 189 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Cambria <5>
• Jacksonville
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
  • Jacksonville is located in Randolph County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
• Novelty
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Novelty have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Novelty
  • Novelty is located in Knox County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Novelty <5>
• Gibbs
  (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibbs
  • Gibbs is located in Adair County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 102 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gibbs <5>

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

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

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

Adding Lyda to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lyda in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Lyda was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Lyda post office opened in 1875.

We also found Lyda in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lyda.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/