Tyson Lake

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Tyson Lake
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Tyson Lake
Location Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota
Coordinates 44°36′50″N95°31′47″W / 44.61389°N 95.52972°W / 44.61389; -95.52972 Coordinates: 44°36′50″N95°31′47″W / 44.61389°N 95.52972°W / 44.61389; -95.52972
Type lake

Tyson Lake is a lake in Yellow Medicine County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. [1]

Tyson Lake was named for Joseph Tyson, a pioneer who settled there. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tyson Lake
  2. Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p.  598.