Tybo,_Nevada

Tybo, Nevada

Tybo, Nevada

Unincorporated community in the state of Nevada, United States

Tybo is an unincorporated community in Nye County, Nevada, United States. Tybo is 8 miles (13 km) northwest of U.S. Route 6 and 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Warm Springs. The community was established in the 1870s as a silver mining town. Its name came from the Shoshone word tybbabo or tai-vu, meaning "white man's district". The community prospered in the 1870s; its population neared 1000, and it had a school, post office, and newspaper by the end of the decade.[2] A variant is Tyboe found on Wheeler's map of 1871.[3]

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The Tybo Charcoal Kilns in Tybo are located on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Tybo". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. [2]
    Jarvis, Donald W. (December 20, 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Tybo Charcoal Kilns". National Park Service. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  3. [3]
    Carlson, Helen S. (1985). Nevada place names : a geographical dictionary. Reno: University of Nevada Press. p. 237. ISBN 0-87417-094-X.


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