Tyrone is a

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located in Anderson County,

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, United States. It is located east of Lawrenceburg along the

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History

A distillery was opened circa 1868 and acquired by T.B. Ripy, who expanded the facility. The town is named after

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, where the Ripy family was from. The community was originally called Streamville, but was eventually renamed, sometime after the distillery was so named in 1883.History and Families, Anderson County, Kentucky
p. 8-9 (Turner Publishing Company 1991) In 1905, the sons of T.B. Ripy opened the Ripy Brothers Distillery.Scott, Berkeley and Jeanine
The Kentucky Bourbon Trail
pp. 24, 56-57, 104 (Arcadia Publishing 2009) The population of the village reached 1,000 before

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. The distillery closed, but was later re-opened and is now where

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is manufactured.Tyrone - Kentucky Atlas and Gazetteer
uky.edu, Retrieved 4 March 2013) Its post office was opened in 1882 as Coke (the name of the postmaster), was renamed Tyrone in 1893, and is now closed.Jurgensen, Melissa C
River Towns of Central Kentucky
p. 11-20 (Arcadia Publishing 2008)Rennick, Robert M
Kentucky Place Names
p. 300 (1984)

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