Tyrone,_Colorado

Tyrone, Colorado

Tyrone, Colorado

Unincorporated community in Colorado, United States

Tyrone is an unincorporated community located in Las Animas County, Colorado, United States. The U.S. Post Office at Model (ZIP Code 81059) now serves Tyrone postal addresses.[2]

Quick Facts Country, State ...

A post office called Tyrone was established in 1929, and remained in operation until 1968.[3] The origin of the name Tyrone is obscure.[4]

Geography

Tyrone is located at 37°27′15″N 104°12′15″W (37.454284,-104.204121).

References

  1. [1]
    "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. [2]
    "ZIP Code Lookup" (JavaScript/HTML). United States Postal Service. January 3, 2007. Retrieved January 3, 2007.
  3. [3]
    "Post offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 11, 2016.
  4. [4]
    Dawson, John Frank. Place names in Colorado: why 700 communities were so named, 150 of Spanish or Indian origin. Denver, CO: The J. Frank Dawson Publishing Co. p. 50.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Tyrone,_Colorado, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.