Lyles Station (Q6707986)

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Lyles or Lyles Station is an unincorporated community in Patoka Township, Gibson County, Indiana. The community dates from 1849, although its early settlers first arrived in the 1830s, and it was formally named Lyles Station in 1886 to honor Joshua Lyles, a free African American who migrated with his family from Tennessee to Indiana around 1837. Lyles Station is one of Indiana's early black rural settlements and the only one remaining. The rural settlement reached its peak in the years between 1880 and 1912, when major structures in the community included the railroad depot, a post office, a lumber mill, two general stores, two churches, and a school. By the turn of the twentieth century, Lyles Station had fifty-five homes, with a population of more than 800 people. The farming community never fully recovered from the Great Flood of 1913, which destroyed much of the town. Most of its residents left for economic reasons, seeking opportunities for higher paying jobs and additional education in larger cities. By 1997 approximately fifteen families remained at Lyles Station, nearly all of them descended from the original settlers.

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node: Lyles (OSM), 12 feet from Wikidata [show tags]
ele: 122
name: Lyles
is_in: Gibson,Indiana,Ind.,IN,USA
place: hamlet
gnis:id: 438427
wikidata: Q6707986
gnis:Class: Populated Place
gnis:County: Gibson
gnis:ST_num: 18
import_uuid: bb7269ee-502a-5391-8056-e3ce0e66489c
gnis:ST_alpha: IN
gnis:County_num: 051

wikidata match: Q6707986

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Populated places established by African Americans boundary=administrative, landuse=residential, admin_level, place
Populated places established in 1849 boundary=administrative, landuse=residential, admin_level, place
Unincorporated communities in Gibson County, Indiana landuse=residential, place
Unincorporated communities in Indiana landuse=residential, place