Welcome to Lyra ...

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

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

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Lyra was located in the Texas Panhandle.

Lyra would have been located within present day Palo Pinto County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Lyra, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Lyra is 960 feet [293 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Communities Also Named Lyra ...

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

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

Communities near Lyra ...

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

• Ranger
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Ranger is located in Eastland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ranger
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,354 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ranger <4>
• Gordon
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Gordon is located in Palo Pinto County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gordon
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 492 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gordon <4>
• Thurber
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Thurber is located in Erath County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thurber
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Thurber <4>
• La Casa ‑ Historic
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • La Casa is located in Stephens County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Casa
• Hannibal
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Hannibal is located in Erath County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hannibal
• Santo
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Santo is located in Palo Pinto County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Santo
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Santo <4>
• Caddo
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Caddo is located in Stephens County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caddo
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Caddo <4>
• Palo Pinto
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Palo Pinto is located in Palo Pinto County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Palo Pinto
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Palo Pinto <4>
• Necessity
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Necessity is located in Stephens County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Necessity
• Olden
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Olden is located in Eastland County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olden
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olden <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 Lyra. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Lyra.

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

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

Adding Lyra to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Lyra post office opened in 1900. The Lyra post office closed in 1922.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Lyra.