Lyon County

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administrative territorial entity county

Lyon County is a largely rural county in western Nevada known for its historic mining towns and growing residential communities.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Lyon County canonical 7

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity ⓘ
county ⓘ
borderedBy Carson City ⓘ
surface form: Carson City, Nevada

Churchill County ⓘ
surface form: Churchill County, Nevada

Douglas County, Nevada ⓘ
Mineral County, Nevada ⓘ
Storey County, Nevada ⓘ
Washoe County ⓘ
surface form: Washoe County, Nevada
capital Yerington, Nevada ⓘ
containsHistoricMiningArea Comstock Lode area ⓘ
surface form: Comstock Lode region
containsHistoricSite Fort Churchill State Historic Park ⓘ
containsTransportationRoute Interstate 80 ⓘ
U.S. Route 50 ⓘ
U.S. Route 95 ⓘ
U.S. Route 95A ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
countySeat Yerington, Nevada ⓘ
governmentType county government ⓘ
hasCommunity Dayton, Nevada ⓘ
Fernley ⓘ
surface form: Fernley, Nevada

Mound House, Nevada ⓘ
Silver Springs, Nevada ⓘ
Smith Valley, Nevada ⓘ
Yerington, Nevada ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
mining ⓘ
residential development ⓘ
hasHistoricIndustry gold mining ⓘ
silver mining ⓘ
hasHistoricTown Dayton, Nevada ⓘ
Virginia City ⓘ
surface form: Virginia City, Nevada
hasLandUse residential ⓘ
rural ⓘ
inception 1861 ⓘ
largestCity Fernley ⓘ
surface form: Fernley, Nevada
locatedIn Nevada ⓘ
western Nevada ⓘ
locatedInRegion Great Basin ⓘ
western United States ⓘ
namedAfter Nathaniel Lyon ⓘ
partOf Nevada ⓘ
surface form: State of Nevada
subdivisionType county of Nevada ⓘ
timeZone Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
traversedByRiver Carson River ⓘ
Walker River ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northern Nevada → includesCounty → Lyon County ⓘ
Nevada → hasCounty → Lyon County ⓘ
Churchill County → borderedBy → Lyon County ⓘ
Virginia Range → region → Lyon County ⓘ
Storey County → borderedBy → Lyon County ⓘ
western Nevada → containsCounty → Lyon County ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Nevada
northwestern Nevada → includes → Lyon County ⓘ