Lyle is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Klickitat County, Washington, United States. The population was 518 at the 2020 census.
History
Established around 1859, the community was originally called "Klickitat Landing". The first European settler was Egbert French, who arrived from Ohio. In 1866, French sold his holdings to James O. Lyle from The Dalles, Oregon, who moved to the north bank of the Columbia River.
A post office was soon established with Lyle as one of the first postmasters, and with mail delivered by steamer from the opposite shore. Steamboat operation lasted until the North Shore Railroad was completed. When the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway came to town in 1908, its line passed somewhat north of the town. The present townsite was plotted in 1909, and the older townsite became known as "downtown". The nearest airport is 8.4 miles away in Dallesport, WA and was a grass strip in the early 1920s, then The U.S. Corps of Engineers built the current airfield in 1942 as a World War II training facility. Behind the town, most of the land consists of hills leading to a large plateau that is commonly found in south-central Washington.
Climate
This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above . According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Lyle has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.
Demographics
As of the census