Lyles Station

GPTKB entity

Statements (24)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf unincorporated community
gptkbp:culturalHeritage African American history
gptkbp:declinedAfter gptkb:Great_Flood_of_1913
gptkbp:established mid-19th century
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:African_American_settlers
gptkbp:historicalSignificance one of the earliest African American settlements in Indiana
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lyles Station
gptkbp:latitude 38.3331
gptkbp:listedOn gptkb:National_Register_of_Historic_Places
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Indiana
gptkb:United_States
gptkb:Gibson_County
gptkbp:longitude -87.6461
gptkbp:namedAfter Joshua Lyles
gptkbp:notableBuilding Lyles Consolidated School
Wayman Chapel AME Church
gptkbp:populationPeak early 1900s
gptkbp:schoolFunction museum and community center
gptkbp:schoolRestored Lyles Consolidated School
gptkbp:status active community with descendants of original settlers
gptkbp:subdivision gptkb:Patoka_Township
gptkbp:zipCode 47649
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Patoka_Township
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8