Lyons Park

Lyons Park is a park in Macon, Illinois. Lyons Park is situated nearby to the hamlet Longview Place, as well as near the neighborhood H &K Trailer Court.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Transfer House and Macon County Courthouse.

Transfer House

Historic building

Photo: Ander107, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Transfer House is a historic building located in Central Park in Decatur, Illinois. Built in 1896, the building originally served as a transfer point for Decatur's electric streetcar system.

Macon County Courthouse

Courthouse

The Macon County Courthouse is a government building in Decatur, the county seat of Macon County, Illinois, United States. Completed in 1940, it is the fourth courthouse in the county's history.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Decatur and Elwin.

Decatur

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Decatur is a city in Macon county, Illinois. There are many examples of Frank Lloyd Wright's influence on the Prairie Style Architecture in Decatur.

Elwin is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in South Wheatland Township, Macon County, Illinois, United States. It was first listed as a CDP in 2020, with a population of 119. Elwin is situated 5 miles southwest of Lyons Park.

Mount Zion Township

Village

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Mount Zion Township is located in Macon County, Illinois. As of the 2020 census, its population was 7,213 and it contained 3,045 housing units. In 2009, Milam Township to the south was merged into Mount Zion Township. Mount Zion Township is situated 5 miles southeast of Lyons Park.

Lyons Park

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: Macon, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.83731° or 39° 50′ 14″ north

Longitude

-88.92854° or 88° 55′ 43″ west

Elevation

679 feet (207 metres)

Open location code

86FHR3PC+WH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 115789416

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

4243681

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