Lyon County, Minnesota Genealogy

Guide to Lyon County, Minnesota ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Minnesota Online Genealogy Records

Description
The County was named for Nathaniel Lyon. The County is located in the southwest area of the state.

County Courthouse
Clerk District Court has birth and death records from 1874, marriage records from 1872, divorce, probate and court records from 1880. County Recorder has land records.

Parent County

 * 1869--Lyon County was created 2 November 1869 from Redwood County. County seat: Marshall
 * For a brief history of how Lyon County was named, click here, then select Lyon County.

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit [For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit [HOMETOWN URL HomeTown Locator]. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Neighboring Counties

 * Lincoln
 * Murray
 * Pipestone
 * Redwood
 * Yellow Medicine

Census
State Census
 * 1865 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1885 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1905 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Lutheran
Opdahl (Opdal) Lutheran Church, Florence


 * Records of Opdahl (Opdal) Lutheran Church, Florence, in Evangelical Lutheran Church in America database at Archives.com ($).

Emigration and Immigration

 * 1912 - 1956 - at FamilySearch — index and images

World War II

 * 1940-1945 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * 1872-1962 - at FamilySearch — index

Obituaries

 * 1865-2006 - at FamilySearch— index and images

Probate
Online Probate Records
 * 1801 - 1999 Minnesota Wills and Probate Records 1801-1999 at Ancestry.com — index and images $

Marriage

 * 1860 - 1949 at FamilySearch — index and images

Death

 * 1850-2001 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1887-2001 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Societies and Libraries
Lyon County Historical Society 301 West Lyon Street Marshall, MN 56258 Telephone: 507-537-6580 Website

Prairieland Genealogical Society History Center Room 141-Social Science Building Southwest State University Marshall, MN 56258 Website

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to Family History Centers
 * Marshall Minnesota Family History Center

Websites

 * Lyon County, MN Genealogy Forum (GenForum)