1870 ONLINE CENSUS FOR LYON COUNTY
Present day Lyon County, Kansas was once Breckenridge and part of Madison County, Kansas.
On February 6, 1862 Breckenridge County became Lyon County. Madison County was divided
between Greenwood and Breckenridge County the year before (January 31, 1861). In order to
find your people in Lyon County before this time you may need to search both the 1860
BRECKENRIDGE County and the 1860 MADISON County census. The 1870 Lyon County,
Kansas census covers what is current day Lyon County, as the last change to the size of Lyon
County was made in 1864.
A helpful hint is to check out the surname index first to find the page number of the census listing
of the person you are researching. The index links are listed first, then the census pages.
1870 LYON COUNTY CENSUS INDEX
1870 Surname Index A through B
1870 Surname Index C through E
1870 Surname Index F through G
1870 Surname Index H through J
1870 Surname Index K through L
1870 Surname Index M through O
1870 Surname Index P through R
1870 Surname Index S through V
1870 Surname Index W through Z
1870 LYON COUNTY CENSUS
Census pages 173a through 179a
Census pages 179b through 185a
Census pages 185b through 192b
Census pages 193a through 198b
Census pages 199a through 205a
Census pages 205b through 211b
Census pages 212a through 217b
Census pages 218a through 223b
Census pages 224a through 230b
Census pages 231a through 237b
Census pages 238a through 245a
Census pages 245b through 252b
Census pages 253a through 258b
Census pages 259a through 265a
Census pages 265b through 271b