Dibble had agreed to accept the post office at the request of U.S. Representative Lucius Lyon, of Kent County.
The village itself was established in 1831 by surveyor (and future statesman) Lucius Lyon, who had first visited the area as a surveyor under government contract in 1823.
Lyon | William Lyon Mackenzie King | Nathaniel Lyon | University of Lyon | Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée | Garry Lyon | Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 | Opéra National de Lyon | Lucius Verus | Lucius Cornelius Cinna | Claude Bowes-Lyon, 13th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne | Lucius D. Clay | Second Council of Lyon | Lucius Tarquinius Priscus | Lucius Artorius Castus | Lucius Antonius | Lucius Allen | Eucherius of Lyon | Council of Lyon | The Lyon's Den | Lucius Tarquinius Superbus | Lucius Accius | Lucius | Lord Lyon King of Arms | Wilbur Lucius Cross | Urban Community of Lyon | Pope Lucius III | Lucius Scribonius Libo | Lucius Roscius | Lucius Junius Brutus |
Lucius Lyon served Michigan as both U.S. Senator and U.S. House Representative.