Tyrone is an unincorporated community in southern Texas County, Missouri, United States. 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. "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. The community was named after Tyrone, Pennsylvania, the native home of a first settler.
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.
Notable person Kenneth Lay - Founder, CEO and chairman of Enron Corporation
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