About Lyon College

Lyon College is an private unprejudiced arts school affiliated subsequently the Presbyterian Church and located in Batesville, Arkansas. Founded in 1872, it is the oldest independent college in Arkansas.

Batesville is the county seat and largest city of Independence County, Arkansas, United States, 80 miles (183 km) northeast of Little Rock, the own up capital. According to the 2010 Census, the population of the city was 10,268. The city serves as a regional manufacturing and distribution hub for the Ozark Mountain region and Northeast Arkansas.