Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Colorado
- County
- Boulder
- Incorporated town
- April 10, 1891
- Founded by
- Edward S. Lyon
- Type
- Statutory Town
- Mayor
- Mark Browning
- Total
- 1.36 sq mi (3.53 km )
- Land
- 1.35 sq mi (3.49 km )
- Water
- 0.015 sq mi (0.04 km )
- Elevation
- 5,341 ft (1,628 m)
- Density
- 1,625.9/sq mi (627.78/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-7 ( Mountain (MST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-6 ( MDT )
- Area code s
- 303 & 720
- Fips code
- 08-47070
- Website
- www .townoflyons .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Lyons
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Boulder County
- Population
- 2209
- Area
- 3.249117
- Elevation
- 1637
- Time zone
- Mountain Time Zone
- Body of water
- St. Vrain Creek
- Official website
- www.townoflyons.com
- Image
- Downtown Lyons, CO IMG 5242.JPG
- Households
- 861
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- Commons category
- Lyons, Colorado
- postal code
- 80540
- inception
- 1880-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 1.3029
- water area
- 0.042334
- per capita income
- 47950
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Encyclopedic overview
Lyons is a Statutory Town in Boulder County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 2,209 at the 2020 United States census, up from 2,033 at the 2010 United States census. Lyons is located at the confluence of North St. Vrain Creek and South St. Vrain Creek, 20 miles (32 km) east of Rocky Mountain National Park. Due to its location at the intersection of State Highway 7 and U.S. Highway 36 which lead to Rocky Mountain National Park, it is sometimes referred to as "The Double Gateway to the Rockies".
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lyons” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.