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

  1. 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.
  2. Ramsay, Robert L. (1952). Our Storehouse of Missouri Place Names. University of Missouri Press. p. 29.
  3. Geographic.org. "Tyrone: United States (Full name, Geographic coordinates, map)". Geographical Names. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
  4. Eaton, David Wolfe (1918). How Missouri Counties, Towns and Streams Were Named. The State Historical Society of Missouri. p. 368.
  5. The New York Times. "Gunman Kills 7 in Tyrone, Mo., and Tiny Town Is Reeling". Retrieved 2015-02-27.

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


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