Tyrone, Missouri

Tyrone is an unincorporated community in Texas County, Missouri, in the United States.

History

Tyrone was founded in 1892.^[1]^[2] It was named for County Tyrone, in Northern Ireland.^[3]

On February 26, 2015, Tyrone was the scene of a mass murder, carried out by Joseph Jesse Aldridge. He killed seven people and wounded another person before taking his own life.^[4]

References

↑ Ramsay, Robert L. (1952). Our Storehouse of Missouri Place Names. University of Missouri Press. p. 29.
↑ Geographic.org. "Tyrone: United States (Full name, Geographic coordinates, map)". Geographical Names. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
↑ Eaton, David Wolfe (1918). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 368.
↑ The New York Times. "Gunman Kills 7 in Tyrone, Mo., and Tiny Town Is Reeling". Retrieved 2015-02-27.

Municipalities and communities of Texas County, Missouri, United States

County seat: Houston

Cities	Cabool Houston Licking Mountain Grove‡ Summersville‡

Villages	Plato Raymondville

Townships	Boone Burdine Carroll Cass Clinton Current Date Jackson Lynch Morris Ozark Pierce Piney Roubidoux Sargent Sherrill Upton

Unincorporated communities	Bendavis Bucyrus Clara Elk Creek Ellis Prairie Eunice Hartshorn Huggins Kimble Maples Roby Sherrill Simmons Solo Success Tyrone Upton Yukon

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 37°12′12″N 91°52′36″W / 37.20333°N 91.87667°W / 37.20333; -91.87667

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