Lyons Township, Minnehaha County, South Dakota

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Lyons Township is a township in Minnehaha County, in the U.S. state of South Dakota. [1]

History

Lyons Township most likely has the name of a pioneer settler. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lyons Township, Minnehaha County, South Dakota
  2. Federal Writers' Project (1940). South Dakota place-names, v.1-3. University of South Dakota. p. 49.

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