Lyon County, Nevada

Lyon County is a located in the  of. As of the, the population was 34,501. Its is.

History
Lyon County was one of the nine original counties created in 1861. It was named after General who died in the  in  in 1861. Its first was, which had just changed its name from  in , which had been called Chinatown before that. After the Dayton Court House burned down in, the seat was moved to in. There were stories that it was named for Captain, a survivor of the in 1860, but Nevada State Archives staff discovered a county seal with the picture of the Civil War general and settled the conflict.

Education
Lyon County has 16 schools provided by the.

Railroads
The ran for 13.5 miles, primarily on the original Central Pacific grade from Luva (2 miles east of Fernley) to Eagle Salt Works.

The (the ) also ran through the county, although a portion of the original route has been shifted for a new route south of Wadsworth in favor of Fernley. The Central Pacific later became the which was merged into  in 1996.

Transportation
Amtrak's passenger train, the goes through Lyon County. The nearest Amtrak passenger stations are and. The California Zephyr runs from the to  via,  and.

also passes through Lyon county.

Geography
According to the, the county has a total area of 5,222 (2,016 ). 5,164 km² (1,994 sq mi) of it is land and 59 km² (23 sq mi) of it (1.13%) is water.

Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 34,501 people, 13,007 households, and 9,443 families residing in the county. The was 7/km² (17/sq mi). There were 14,279 housing units at an average density of 3/km² (7/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 88.62%, 0.65% or , 2.45% , 0.61% , 0.14% , 4.59% from , and 2.94% from two or more races. 10.97% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 13,007 households out of which 33.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.40% were living together, 9.10% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.40% were non-families. 21.40% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.02.

In the county the population was spread out with 27.10% under the age of 18, 6.60% from 18 to 24, 27.30% from 25 to 44, 25.20% from 45 to 64, and 13.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 102.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $40,699, and the median income for a family was $44,887. Males had a median income of $34,034 versus $25,914 for females. The for the county was $18,543. About 7.20% of families and 10.40% of the population were below the, including 14.10% of those under age 18 and 7.10% of those age 65 or over.

Lyon County is also the second fastest-growing county in the United States with annual growth rate of 9.6%.

Trivia
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