Tyrone, Missouri
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{{Short description|Unincorporated community in southern Texas County}}
Tyrone is an unincorporated community in southern Texas County, Missouri, United States.{{GNIS|727945}} The community is located on Missouri Route H, approximately 1.5 miles west of Missouri Route 137.Eunice, Missouri and Elk Creek, Missouri, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangles, USGS, 1987 It consists of several houses.Bauer, Laura, Donald Bradley, and Glenn E. Rice. "[http://www.kansascity.com/news/state/missouri/article11329577.html In tiny Tyrone, Mo., ‘half of the town got killed last night’]." The Kansas City Star. February 27, 2015. Retrieved on April 28, 2016.
History
A post office called Tyrone was established in 1891, and remained in operation until 1962.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Texas | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=28 December 2016}} The community was named after Tyrone, Pennsylvania, the native home of a first settler.{{cite web | url =http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_texas.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071622/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_texas.html | archive-date = June 24, 2016 | url-status = live | title=Texas County Place Names, 1928–1945 | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri| access-date= December 28, 2016}}
On February 27, 2015, Tyrone was the scene of a spree shooting, carried out by Joseph Jesse Aldridge. He killed seven people and wounded another person before taking his own life.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/28/us/gunman-kills-7-people-in-tyrone-missouri.html |title=Gunman Kills 7 in Tyrone, Mo., and Tiny Town Is Reeling |author=The New York Times |access-date=2015-02-27}}
Notable person
Kenneth Lay - Founder, CEO and chairman of Enron Corporation
References
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Missouri
Category:Unincorporated communities in Texas County, Missouri
Category:Populated places established in 1892
Category:1892 establishments in Missouri
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