Lyon County Nevada
Lyon County was created on November 25, 1861, and was named in honor of General Nathaniel Lyon.
Ghost Towns in Lyon County, Nevada
- Artesia
- Buckland Station
- Cambridge
- Clifton
- Clinton
- Colony (Simpson)
- Como
- Conway State Station
- Dayton
- Desert Station
- Desert Well Station
- Elbow
- Fort Churchill
- Hawes Station
- Hinds’ Hot Springs
- Honey Lake Smiths Station
- Hudson
- Johntown
- Ludwig
- Mason
- Mound House
- Nordyke
- Palmyra
- Pine Grove
- Pony Meadows
- Ramsey
- Reed
- Reed’s Station
- Rockland
- Rock Point Mill
- Rockland
- Silver City
- Sonoma
- Stockton Well
- Summit Station
- Sutro
- Sutro Tunnel
- Sweetwater
- Talapoosa
- Thompson
- Thompson Smelter
- Wabuska
- Walker River Station
- Wellington
- Wiley’s Station
- Williams Station
Historical Points of Interest in Lyon County Nevada
Nevada Historical Markers in Lyon County Nevada
Lyon County is home to eighteen Nevada Historical Markers.
- #7 Dayton
- #61 Mound House
- #74 Wellington
- #85 Sutro
- #113 Wabuska
- #127 Courthouse Site (1865-1907)
- #163 Dayton Chinatown
- #177 Desert Well Station (Overland Mail and Stage Station)
- 186 Union Hotel and Post Office
- #192 Buckland’s Station (On the California Emigrant Trail)
- #199 Camels in Dayton
- #200 Hall’s Station
- #223 Devil’s Gate
- #233 Dayton Cemetery
- #255 Wilson Canyon
- #257 Nevada’s First Gold Discovery
- #262 Dayton School House – 1865
- #264 Silver City Schoolhouse
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