Tyrone, Missouri
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Tyrone is an unincorporated community in Texas County, Missouri, in the United States.
History[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ 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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Coordinates: 37°12′12″N 91°52′36″W / 37.20333°N 91.87667°W
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