Lyle is a city in Mower County, Minnesota, United States.

[5] The city was named after Robert Lyle, a farmer, territorial, and state legislator.

[5] Lyle is in southwestern Mower County, with its southern border on the Iowa state line.

U.S. Route 218 passes through the center of Lyle as 1st Street, leading north 12 miles (19 km) to Austin, the Mower county seat, and south 21 miles (34 km) to Osage, Iowa.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Lyle has an area of 0.76 square miles (1.97 km2), all of it recorded as land.

[1] Otter Creek crosses the southeast corner of the city, flowing southwest to the Cedar River at Otranto, Iowa.

30.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

The Lyle area was engaged in a bitter fight over a school bond referendum from 2002 to 2005.

In 2005, Concerned Citizens for Lyle's Future hired an anti-school-bond consultant from Ocheyedan, Iowa.