Tyrone, Missouri
Tyrone is an unincorporated community in Texas County, Missouri, in the United States.
The community consists of several houses. A large group of residents are members of the Aldridge family.[1]
History
Tyrone was founded in 1892.[2][3] It was named for County Tyrone, in Northern Ireland.[4]
On February 27, 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.[5]
References
- ^ Bauer, Laura, Donald Bradley, and Glenn E. Rice. "In tiny Tyrone, Mo., ‘half of the town got killed last night’." The Kansas City Star. February 27, 2015. Retrieved on April 28, 2016.
- ^ 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.
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