Lyra, Ohio

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Lyra is an unincorporated community in Scioto County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.{{GNIS|1076319}}

History

A post office called Lyra was in operation from 1850 until 1937.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Scioto | title=Scioto County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=26 January 2016}} Besides the post office, Lyra had a church.{{cite book|last=Evans|first=Nelson Wiley|title=A History of Scioto County, Ohio: Together with a Pioneer Record of Southern Ohio|url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=dul1.ark:/13960/t7np5qd3x;view=1up;seq=1271|year=1903|publisher=N. W. Evans|page=1045}}

References

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{{Scioto County, Ohio}}

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Scioto County, Ohio

Category:Unincorporated communities in Ohio

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