Welcome to Lyden ...

Lyden is located in Rio Arriba County<1>.

The location of Lyden has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

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

Lyden is 5,730 feet [1,747 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Lyden is about 1 mile [or 1¾ km] above sea level.

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

Communities near Lyden ...

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

• Espanola
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Espanola
  • Espanola is located in Rio Arriba County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,981 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Espanola <4>
• Alcalde
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alcalde
  • Alcalde is located in Rio Arriba County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Alcalde <4>
• Embudo
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embudo
  • Embudo is located in Rio Arriba County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Embudo <4>
• Chamita
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chamita
  • Chamita is located in Rio Arriba County
• Dixon
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dixon
  • Dixon is located in Rio Arriba County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dixon <4>
• Ohkay Owingeh
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ohkay Owingeh
  • Ohkay Owingeh is located in Rio Arriba County
  • Former name for Ohkay Owingeh:
  • San Juan Pueblo
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ohkay Owingeh <4>
• San Juan
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for San Juan
  • San Juan is located in Rio Arriba County
• Apodaca
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apodaca
  • Apodaca is located in Rio Arriba County
• El Duende
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for El Duende
  • El Duende is located in Rio Arriba County
• Hernandez
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hernandez
  • Hernandez is located in Rio Arriba County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hernandez <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lyden ...

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

Adding Lyden to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Lyden 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 for Lyden was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Lyden post office opened in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lyden.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Lyden. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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