Lyon County,
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Lyon County was one of the nine original counties created in 1861. It was named after General Nathaniel Lyon who died in the Civil War in Missouri in 1861.
Its first County Seat was Dayton, which had just changed its name from Nevada City in 1862, which had been called Chinatown before that. After the Dayton Court House burned down in 1909, the seat was moved to Yerington in 1911. There were stories that it was named for Captain Robert Lyon, a survivor of the Pyramid Lake War in 1860, but Nevada State Archives staff discovered a county seal with the picture of the Civil War general and settled the conflict.

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Website Updates:  22 Feb 2008 Post offices past and present.
19 Mar 2008 added obit for Gerald Roberts.
03 Apr 2008 obit for Glora Bachle. 28 Apr 2008, obit for Ronda Madewell.
30 Jun 2008 posted Silver Springs Desert Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Sep 2, 2008 early history of Dayton, added obit for Capt. Herman Davis./B>

Surrounding Counties

Douglas County - west
Carson City - west
Storey County - northwest
Washoe County - north
Pershing County - east
Mineral County - east, south
Mono County, California - southwest


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