Lyon County is a county in Minnesota, United States, in the southwestern part of the state along the Redwood River. It had a population of 25,269 at the 2020 census and covers 722 square miles (1,870 km2) — 715 square miles of land and 7.1 square miles of water — centred near 44\u00b025\u2032N 95\u00b050\u2032W.<\/p>\n
Marshall is the county seat, and its postal code is 56258. The county has 11 incorporated cities and 4 unincorporated communities, grouped across 20 civil townships. Lyon County sits in the Central time zone.<\/p>\n
Lyon County’s 25,000-plus residents are spread across 11 incorporated cities — Minnesota law calls every incorporated municipality a “city” regardless of size — plus a handful of unincorporated communities. Most of the smaller cities and hamlets sit along the Redwood River or the rail lines that cross the county’s farmland.<\/p>\n
| Place<\/th>\n | Type<\/th>\n | Township<\/th>\n | Pop.<\/th>\n | ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall<\/td>\n | City · seat<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 56258<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Tracy<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 56175<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Cottonwood<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 56229<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Minneota<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 56264<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Balaton<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 56115<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Russell<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 56169<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Ghent<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 56239<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Garvin<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 56132<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Taunton<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 56291<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Lynd<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | Lynd Township<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 56157<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Florence<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Amiret<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Amiret Township<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Burchard<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Dudley<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Green Valley<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n Florence, in the county’s south, has no dedicated ZIP code of its own and is served by a neighboring post office. Several mobile-home parks that appeared on older place lists for the county — among them Cedar Lane Trailer Park, Kesteloots Trailer Court, Lindsay MH Court, Lynd MH Park, Garvin Park and Village Park — are residential developments rather than incorporated places or Census-designated places and are omitted here.<\/p>\n Townships<\/h2>\n |