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Lyon County Iowa

 


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Cities and Towns

Alvord -- Beloit -- Doon -- George -- Granite
Klondike -- Inwood -- Larchwood -- Lester
Little Rock -- Rock Rapids

 

County Information

Organized from Woodbury County in 1851.

It is named in honor of Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon, who served in The Mexican-American War and the Civil War. He was killed at the battle of Wilson's Creek, Missouri, on August 10, 1861, after which the county was named for him. It was originally named Buncombe County
The county seat is Rock Rapids.

 

 
ONLINE DATA

Births

Biographies

State Bird and Flower

Deaths

Census Data

Marriages

Cemeteries

Newspapers

History

Obituaries

Military Data

Website updates:
12 Jan 2010: Obits - J. T. ALEXANDER, Reynold Beek, Tade Boyenga, Mrs. Howard Bulley, Elva Christians, Mrs. Peter Clercx, Walter G. Eder, Ole Erickson, Elmer Garnett, Mrs. Hans Heerde, Peter Hendricks, Mrs. Patrick Kelly, Joseph King, Mrs. Juliet Ruff Ladd, Mrs J. T. Long, Matthew McGuire, Clara Renken, Mrs. Henry Sauter, Simon 0. Scheie, Mrs. John Schlimme, Mrs. Henry B. Schoon, Mrs. A. D. R. Simmerman, Mrs. Carsten Smith, Mrs. E. Sneve, Wlllard Stockwell, Alfred George Sutter, Mrs. Garret Van den Heuvel, Martin E. Vust, Mrs. Abraham Wolf, John Yeigh, Rev. Loren Ziegler
Marriages - Harold Gingrich
11 Jan 2010: Obits - John Adema, George Argubright, Mrs Wilhelm Frederick Busse, Ebe Joesten Ebben, Henry Feldmann, ____ Habbinga, John Habbinga, Mrs. Alma J. Home, Christ Geick Sr., Henry Julius, Henry Klahn, Folkert Kuper, Fred Lursen, Bertha Moberly-Wick, James Albert Myers, Maria Ryan, Jacob Scheppel, John Sorg, Lynda Frances Thiessen, Edwin Wheaton, Carston Winter, F. M. Williams
10 Jan 2010: Obits - Edward C. Bergfield, Arthur Hopmans, Amalie Lemke, Henry K Lemke, Mrs JB Shurr, Grace Ripley Wheaton

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Surrounding Counties
Rock County, Minnesota (north)
Nobles County, Minnesota (northeast)
Osceola County (east)
Sioux County (south)
Lincoln County, South Dakota (west)
Minnehaha County, South Dakota (northwest)

 

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