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Lyon County
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county in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Named after
- Chittenden Lyon
- Seat
- Eddyville
- Largest city
- Eddyville
- Judge executive
- Jaime Green-Smith (R)
- Total
- 257 sq mi (670 km )
- Land
- 214 sq mi (550 km )
- Water
- 43 sq mi (110 km ) 17%
- Estimate 2025
- 9,123
- Density
- 40.6/sq mi (15.7/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .lyoncountyky .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Chittenden Lyon
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kentucky
- Contains
- Eddyville
- Capital
- Eddyville
- Population
- 8680
- Area
- 664
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Crittenden County
- Official website
- www.lyoncounty.com
- Image
- Lyon County Courthouse, Eddyville.jpg
- Households
- 3266
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- topic's main category
- Category:Lyon County, Kentucky
- Commons category
- Lyon County, Kentucky
- inception
- 1854-01-14
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Lyon County, Kentucky
- different from
- Lyon County
- water as percent of area
- 17
- native label
- Lyon County
- per capita income
- 26993
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Encyclopedic overview
Lyon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,680. Its county seat is Eddyville. The county was formed from Caldwell County, Kentucky in 1854 and named for former Congressman Chittenden Lyon.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lyon County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.