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Lyon County

county in Nevada, United States
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Summary

Lyon County is a county of Nevada[1]. It draws 534 Wikipedia views per month (county of nevada category, ranking #7 of 19).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Nevada[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Yerington[5]
  • Shares border with: Washoe County[6], Churchill County[7], Mineral County[8], Storey County[9], Douglas County[10], Mono County[11], Carson City[12]
  • Named after: Nathaniel Lyon[13]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Yerington[14]
  • Commons category: Lyon County, Nevada[15]
  • Inception: 1861[16]
  • Coordinate location: 39.01, -119.19[17]
  • Official website: https://www.lyon-county.org[18]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Lyon County, Nevada[19]
  • Population: 51,980[20], 52,068[21], 51,530[22], 51,264[23], 51,557[24], 52,585[25], 59,235[26]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Lyon County, Nevada[27]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Lyon County, Nevada[28]
  • Category for people who died here: Q111738957[29]
  • Number of households: 21,726[30]
  • Native label: Lyon County[31]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C109444[32]
  • Different from: Lyon County[33]
  • Area: 5222[34]
  • Water as percent of area: 1.1[35]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Lyon County, Nevada[36]
  • Located in the statistical territorial entity: Reno metropolitan area[37]
  • Per capita income: 29,865[38]
  • P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Lyon County, Nevada.tab[39]

Why It Matters

Lyon County has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

Related Entities

Nevada United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Lyon County. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/lyon-county
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_lyon-county_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Lyon County}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/lyon-county}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-11}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Lyon County, Nevada
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Lyon County, Nevada.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States presidential e"
  2. 6w ago · B.Zsolt · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Yerington
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Contains the administrative territorial entity: Yerington"
  3. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Umls cui → C3815627
    Obo gazetteer id → 22223646
    Taxonomicon id → 1806673
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
  4. 21w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for maps or plans → Category:Maps of Lyon County, Nevada
    Population → {'amount': '+51980'}, {'amount': '+52068'}, {'amount': '+51530'} +4
    List of monuments → National Register of Historic Places listings in Lyon County, Nevada
    Country → United States
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Nci thesaurus id: C109444, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778695477825"
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