Fort Lyon National Cemetery
National Register of Historic Places

Fort Lyon National Cemetery

Las Animas, Bent County, Colorado
Listed
January 17, 2017
Type
District
Period
Early Republic
Ref No.
100000472

About this property

Fort Lyon National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located near the city of Las Animas in Bent County, Colorado. It encompasses 51.9 acres (21.0 hectares) and as of 2014 had 2,556 interments. It is administered by the Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver County, Colorado. Named for the first Union General to die in the Civil War, Nathaniel Lyon, the cemetery was established as part of Fort Lyon the first time in 1887. The fort was abandoned in 1897 and the remains buried in the cemetery were transferred to Fort McPherson National Cemetery in Nebraska. In 1906 the fort buildings were converted into a sanitarium to treat soldiers and prisoners of war with tuberculosis, and burials began in 1907. The cemetery was transferred to the National Cemetery system in 1973 to be managed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. Media related to Fort Lyon National Cemetery at Wikimedia Commons Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) No. CO-3, "Fort Lyon National Cemetery, 15700 Country Road HH, Las Animas, Bent, CO" U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fort Lyon National Cemetery

Location

15700 Cty. Rd. HH
Las Animas, Bent County, Colorado

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When was Fort Lyon National Cemetery listed on the National Register?

Fort Lyon National Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 17, 2017.

What type of historic resource is Fort Lyon National Cemetery?

Fort Lyon National Cemetery is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Fort Lyon National Cemetery is recorded as the early_republic era.

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