Welcome to Lyons ...Lyons is located Lyons is located in Burleson County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Lyons, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886. Lyons is 340 feet [104 m] above sea level.<2>. Time Zone: Lyons lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Lyons: 979 The ZIP code for Lyons: 77863<3> Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Texas communities named Lyons: This one is located in Burleson County and the other is located in Hidalgo County. Beyond Texas, there are 36 communities that are also named Lyons - they are located in Colorado, Florida, Georgia (3), Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa (2), Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Michigan (2), Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Lyons. We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Lyons. 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. 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Lyons, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Lyons. 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 on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).
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