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.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative territorial entity → county →
borderedBy	Carson City, Nevada → Churchill County, Nevada → Douglas County, Nevada → Mineral County, Nevada → Storey County, Nevada → Washoe County, Nevada →
capital	Yerington, Nevada →
containsHistoricMiningArea	Comstock Lode region →
containsHistoricSite	Fort Churchill State Historic Park →
containsTransportationRoute	Interstate 80 → U.S. Route 50 NERFINISHED → U.S. Route 95 NERFINISHED → U.S. Route 95A →
country	United States of America →
countySeat	Yerington, Nevada →
governmentType	county government →
hasCommunity	Dayton, Nevada → 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, Nevada →
hasLandUse	residential → rural →
inception	1861 →
largestCity	Fernley, Nevada →
locatedIn	Nevada → western Nevada →
locatedInRegion	Great Basin → western United States →
namedAfter	Nathaniel Lyon →
partOf	State of Nevada →
subdivisionType	county of Nevada →
timeZone	Pacific Time Zone →
traversedByRiver	Carson River → Walker River →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Churchill County → Storey County →	borderedBy
Nevada →	hasCounty
Northern Nevada →	includesCounty
Virginia Range →	region