Lyles, Tennessee Explained

Official Name:Lyles, Tennessee
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:Tennessee#USA
Pushpin Label:Lyles
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Tennessee
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Hickman
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:6.78
Area Land Km2:6.78
Area Water Km2:0.00
Area Total Sq Mi:2.62
Area Land Sq Mi:2.62
Area Water Sq Mi:0.00
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:763
Population Density Km2:112.47
Population Density Sq Mi:291.33
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation M:264
Elevation Ft:866
Coordinates:35.9197°N -87.345°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:37098
Area Code:931
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:1292325[3]

Lyles is a rural census-designated place and unincorporated community in Hickman County, Tennessee, United States.

Population

As of the 2010 census, the population was 734.[4]

As of the 2020 census, the population was 763.[2]

Location

Lyles is located along Tennessee State Route 100. The community has a small number of stores, churches, and is also the location of Camp Okawehna.

History

Lyles was originally known as Lyell Station. William, John, and Robert Lyell had much to do with the building of Lyell Station.[5] Their ancestors, Robert Lyell and Deborah Lawrence Lyell, came to Hickman County from Virginia before 1840.[6] [7] Lyles (or Lyell Station) was served by the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway. (See the 1903 diagram showing Lyles. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/1903_Poor%27s_Nashville%2C_Chattanooga_and_St._Louis_Railway.jpg) Although there is no longer any rail service, the tracks remain in Lyles on Google Maps.

It isn't known when Lyell Station came to be known as Lyles. To this day there are those whose surname is Lyell that are living in Lyles. Ed Lyell Road[8] was named after Ed Lyell who died in 1977. He was a descendant of the original Lyell settlers.[9] Other road names including McGee Road, Tidwell Lane, and Bishop Road bear witness to other early families of Lyles.[10]

Lyles is surrounded by two other small cities that make up the East Hickman area, Wrigley and Bon Aqua, the most famous of the three being Bon Aqua, as Country Music Hall of Famer and music legend Johnny Cash had lived there once.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS REST Services Directory. United States Census Bureau. October 15, 2022. February 13, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230213081026/https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/5/query?where=STATE%3D%2747%27&outFields=NAME%2CSTATE%2CPLACE%2CAREALAND%2CAREAWATER%2CLSADC%2CCENTLAT%2CCENTLON&orderByFields=PLACE&returnGeometry=false&returnTrueCurves=false&f=json. live.
  2. Web site: Census Population API. United States Census Bureau. October 15, 2022. February 13, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230213085226/https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:47&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108. live.
  3. Web site: US Board on Geographic Names. January 31, 2008. United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. February 4, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120204035720/http://geonames.usgs.gov/. live.
  4. Web site: U.S. Census website. United States Census Bureau. May 14, 2011. July 10, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210710061739/https://www.census.gov/. live.
  5. Web site: The History of Hickman County, Tennessee. Spence. W. Jerome D.. Spence. D. L.. 1900. Hathi Trust Digital Library. Gospel advocate publishing company. March 28, 2019. April 8, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230408062823/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/imgsrv/html?id=yale.39002064472724;seq=190. live.
  6. 1840 United States Federal Census, Hickman, Tennessee, National Archives and Records Administration
  7. Web site: Robert Lyell on Thomas Family Tree on Ancestry. March 28, 2019.
  8. Web site: Ed Lyell Road. Google Maps. March 28, 2019. March 28, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190328232733/https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ed%2BLyell%2BRd,%2BLyles,%2BTN%2B37098/@35.9239343,-87.3667904,2767m/data%3D!3m1!1e3!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x8864a7b52556940b:0x82b2cac6aafcd6c1!2sEd%2BLyell%2BRd,%2BLyles,%2BTN%2B37098!3b1!8m2!3d35.9239349!4d-87.3583648!3m4!1s0x8864a7b52556940b:0x82b2cac6aafcd6c1!8m2!3d35.9239349!4d-87.3583648. live.
  9. Web site: Robert Edward "Ed" Lyell on Thomas Family Tree on Ancestry.. Ancestry. March 28, 2018.
  10. Web site: Lyles, TN. Google Maps. March 28, 2018. March 29, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190329023058/https://www.google.com/maps/place/Lyles,%2BTN%2B37098/@35.9186993,-87.3481557,1150m/data%3D!3m1!1e3!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x8864a7b52556940b:0x82b2cac6aafcd6c1!2sEd%2BLyell%2BRd,%2BTennessee%2B37098!3b1!8m2!3d35.9318541!4d-87.3621433!3m4!1s0x886358b851a3cd09:0xc7e5ce423421bc1f!8m2!3d35.9206132!4d-87.3461151. live.

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