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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
- Population
- 8680
- Area
- 664
- Official website
- www.lyoncounty.com
- Image
- Lyon County Courthouse, Eddyville.jpg
- Households
- 3266
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- Commons category
- Lyon County, Kentucky
- inception
- 1854-01-14
- water as percent of area
- 17
- native label
- Lyon County
- per capita income
- 26993
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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.
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