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Welcome to Lysander ...

Lysander is located in Athens County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lysander, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

Lysander is 790 feet [241 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Lysander: 740 & 220<3>

Communities Also Named Lysander ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Lysander - it's located in New York.

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

Communities near Lysander ...

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

  • Athens
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Nelsonville
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Glouster
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Pomeroy
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Chauncey
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Chauncey is located in Athens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chauncey
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,038 people
  • Mason
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Mason is located in Mason County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mason
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 920 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mason <4>
  • Albany
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Hartford City
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Hartford City is located in Mason County (WV)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hartford City
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 593 people
  • Buchtel
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
    • Buchtel is located in Athens County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buchtel
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 568 people
  • Coolville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Lysander ...

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

Adding Lysander to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lysander post office opened in 1887. The Lysander post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lysander.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Athens, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Lysander - 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 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Lysander area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Lysander 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/