Lyon Township, Cherokee County, Kansas

For other places with the same name, see Lyon Township.

Lyon Township
Township
Location in Cherokee County
Coordinates: 37°03′34″N 094°54′15″W / 37.05944°N 94.90417°W / 37.05944; -94.90417Coordinates: 37°03′34″N 094°54′15″W / 37.05944°N 94.90417°W / 37.05944; -94.90417
Country	United States
State	Kansas
County	Cherokee
Area
• Total	50.14 sq mi (129.87 km²)
• Land	50.1 sq mi (129.76 km²)
• Water	0.04 sq mi (0.11 km²) 0.08%
Elevation	879 ft (268 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	528
• Density	10.5/sq mi (4.1/km²)
GNIS feature ID	0469272

Lyon Township is a township in Cherokee County, Kansas, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 528.

Geography

Lyon Township covers an area of 50.14 square miles (129.9 km²) and contains one Ghost Town, Treece. According to the USGS, it contains four cemeteries: Greenlawn, Johnson Family, Moore and Mound.

References

USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

External links

Municipalities and communities of Cherokee County, Kansas, United States

County seat: Columbus

Cities	Baxter Springs Columbus Galena Roseland Scammon Weir West Mineral

CDPs	Lowell Riverton

Unincorporated communities	Carona Cokedale Crestline Daisy Hill Empire City Faulkner Hallowell Keelville Kniveton‡ Lawton Mackie Melrose Neutral Quaker Sherman Sherwin Skidmore Stippville Turck

Ghost towns	Treece

Townships	Cherokee Crawford Garden Lola Lowell Lyon Mineral Neosho Pleasant View Ross Salamanca Shawnee Sheridan Spring Valley

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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