Lyons is an

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located within Bernards Township, in Somerset County,

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, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 228. Lyons is south-southeast of Bernardsville. Lyons has a

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with ZIP code 07939.

Demographics

Economy

The Lyons VA Medical Center is a U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital located here. 38 buildings, containing neuropsychiatric patients resided here in 1931. In 2018, it employed 60 physicians.

Population

Transportation

The community is served by

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train service at the Lyons station on the

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to Newark Broad Street Station and

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.Gladstone Branch

. Accessed September 21, 2014.

History

* The area called Lyons is remembered for the David Lyon farm which was a large part of the area. * Lyons Depot - This one-story Tudor Revival and Mission Revival style structure was built in 1931. It is faced with stucco and brick and has limestone trim with carved rosette ornamentation at the gable ends. It was designed by Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad (DL&W) architect D.T. Mack or one of his staff. It was built largely to accommodate the growing number of visitors to Veterans Hospital. It was the last station built on the Gladstone Branch. Is now owned by Bernards Township. * Lyons Train Station state and national historic registry - NR 6-22-84 SR 3-17-84 * Groundbreaking started on the Lyons VA Hospital on July 11, 1929. * The first patients arrived at the Lyons facility on November 12, 1930, having been transferred from the Bronx VA Hospital in New York City. By July 1931 a total of 415 patients were living and receiving therapy at the hospital. * Hospital dedicated Saturday, July 23, 1931. * The Lyons VA Medical Center was the only VA hospital in the state until one in

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opened in 1952. It was listed on the NRHP as the

Lyons Veterans Administration Hospital Historic District The Lyons VA Medical Center is a United States Department of Veterans Affairs hospital complex located at 151 Knollcroft Road in the Lyons section of Bernards Township in Somerset County, New Jersey. Established in 1930, it is part of the VA New ...

in 2013. With accompanying 24 photos. * There is a Lyons Fire Department and it's on the grounds of the Lyons VA. * Local historian Brooks Betz noted that the population growth of Bernards Township exploded over the next two decades due to people moving to the area to support the Lyons VA.

References

External links

The Lyons VA and History of Lyons area- Mr Local History Project

History research of the Lyons Hamlet of Bernards Township - Mr Local History Project
Bernards Township, New Jersey Unincorporated communities in Somerset County, New Jersey Unincorporated communities in New Jersey {{SomersetCountyNJ-geo-stub