Tyrone is an unincorporated community in southern Texas County,

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, United States. The community is located on Missouri Route H, approximately 1.5 miles west of Missouri Route 137. It consists of several houses.

History

A post office called Tyrone was established in 1891, and remained in operation until 1962. The community was named after

Tyrone, Pennsylvania Tyrone is a borough in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States, located northeast of Altoona, on the Little Juniata River. Tyrone was of considerable commercial importance in the twentieth century. It was an outlet for the Clearfield coal ...

, 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 Kenneth Lee Lay (April 15, 1942 – July 5, 2006) was an American businessman and political donor who was the founder, chief executive officer and chairman of Enron. He was heavily involved in Enron scandal, Enron's accounting scandal that unr ...

- Founder, CEO and chairman of

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References

Unincorporated communities in Missouri Unincorporated communities in Texas County, Missouri Populated places established in 1892 1892 establishments in Missouri {{TexasCountyMO-geo-stub