Lyons (hamlet), New York

Lyons, New York
Lyons, New York
Hamlet and CDP
	Wayne County Courthouse
	Location in Wayne County and the state of New York.
	Lyons, New York Location within the state of New York
	Coordinates: 43°03′48″N 76°59′27″W / 43.06333°N 76.99083°W
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Wayne
Town	Lyons
Settled	May 1789
Incorporated	April 18, 1854
Dissolved	December 31, 2015
Named for	Lyon, France
Area
• Total	4.1 sq mi (10.7 km2)
• Land	4.1 sq mi (10.5 km2)
• Water	0.1 sq mi (0.2 km2)
Elevation	438 ft (125 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	3,619
• Density	882.7/sq mi (344.7/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Code(s)	14489
Area code(s)	315 and 680
FIPS code	36-43962
GNIS feature ID	0956197

Lyons is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 3,619 at the 2010 census. It is located in the southern half of the town of Lyons. The hamlet and the town are named after Lyon (sometimes spelled Lyons), France. Originally named "The Forks", Lyons was renamed by land agent George Williamson.

Lyons is the county seat of Wayne County. It was an incorporated village from 1854 through 2015. The hamlet is east of the city of Rochester.

Government offices for the Town of Lyons are located in the hamlet.^[3]

^ Cowles, George Washington; Smith, H.P. (1895), "XVII", Landmarks of Wayne County, New York, Syracuse, New York: D. Mason, p. 224, OCLC 2662553, retrieved August 2, 2013, The first settlers in Lyons and the first in Wayne county were Nicholas and William Stanscll brothers and John Featherly their brotherin law with their families numbering in all twelve persons In the spring of 1789 they built and launched a boat on the Mohawk River and with an Indian trader named Wemple as a pilot the party came the entire distance by water arriving at the junction of Ganargwa Creek and Canandaigua outlet the head of navigation and the site of Lyons village in May 1789.
^ Cowles, George Washington; Smith, H.P. (1895), "XVII", Landmarks of Wayne County, New York, Syracuse, New York: D. Mason, p. 243, OCLC 2662553, retrieved August 2, 2013, Lyons village was incorporated April 18, 1854, and its limits were legally designated as follows:
^ Lyons, NY (The Town), Retrieved Jan. 1, 2016.

[SETTLED-1] Cowles, George Washington; Smith, H.P. (1895), "XVII", Landmarks of Wayne County, New York, Syracuse, New York: D. Mason, p. 224, OCLC 2662553, retrieved August 2, 2013, The first settlers in Lyons and the first in Wayne county were Nicholas and William Stanscll brothers and John Featherly their brotherin law with their families numbering in all twelve persons In the spring of 1789 they built and launched a boat on the Mohawk River and with an Indian trader named Wemple as a pilot the party came the entire distance by water arriving at the junction of Ganargwa Creek and Canandaigua outlet the head of navigation and the site of Lyons village in May 1789.

[INCORP-2] Cowles, George Washington; Smith, H.P. (1895), "XVII", Landmarks of Wayne County, New York, Syracuse, New York: D. Mason, p. 243, OCLC 2662553, retrieved August 2, 2013, Lyons village was incorporated April 18, 1854, and its limits were legally designated as follows:

[TOL-3] Lyons, NY (The Town), Retrieved Jan. 1, 2016.

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