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1st. Website. www .lyoncountyky .com. Lyon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,680. [1] Its county seat is Eddyville. [2] The county was formed from Caldwell County, Kentucky in 1854 and named for former Congressman Chittenden Lyon.
Eddyville, Kentucky. / 37.07583°N 88.07694°W / 37.07583; -88.07694. Eddyville is a home rule-class city [4] in and the county seat of Lyon County, Kentucky, United States. [5] The population was 2,554 at the 2010 census, [6] up from 2,350 in 2000. The Kentucky State Penitentiary is located at Eddyville.
Kuttawa, Kentucky. / 37.05944°N 88.11500°W / 37.05944; -88.11500. Kuttawa locally / kəˈtɑːwə / [3] is a home rule-class city in Lyon County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 649 as of the 2010 census, [4] up from 596 in 2000.
The Kentucky State Penitentiary (KSP), also known as the "Castle on the Cumberland," is a maximum security and supermax prison with capacity for 856 prisoners located in Eddyville, Kentucky on Lake Barkley on the Cumberland River, about 4.8 kilometres (3 mi) from downtown Eddyville. [1] It is managed by the Kentucky Department of Corrections.
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Hylan Benton Lyon (February 22, 1836 – April 25, 1907) was a career officer in the United States Army until the start of the American Civil War, when he resigned rather than fight against the South. As a Confederate brigadier general, he led a daring cavalry raid into Kentucky in December 1864, in which his troops burned seven county ...
It is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Lyon County, Kentucky, United States. The locations of National Register properties for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. There are 3 properties listed on the National Register in the county.
Community portal; Recent changes; Upload file; Languages. ... Buildings and structures in Lyon County, Kentucky (1 C, 1 P) G. Geography of Lyon County, Kentucky ...