A distillery was opened circa 1868 and acquired by T.B. Ripy, who expanded the facility. The town is named after County Tyrone in Northern Ireland, 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.[2] In 1905, the sons of T.B. Ripy opened the Ripy Brothers Distillery.[3]
The population of the village reached 1,000 before Prohibition. The distillery closed, but was later re-opened and is now where Wild Turkey (bourbon) is manufactured.[4]
Its post office was opened in 1882 as Coke (the name of the postmaster), was renamed Tyrone in 1893, and is now closed.[5][6][7]
Referencesedit
^U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tyrone, Kentucky
^History and Families, Anderson County, Kentucky, p. 8-9 (Turner Publishing Company 1991)
^Scott, Berkeley and Jeanine. The Kentucky Bourbon Trail, pp. 24, 56-57, 104 (Arcadia Publishing 2009)
^Tyrone - Kentucky Atlas and Gazetteer, uky.edu, Retrieved 4 March 2013)
^U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tyrone KY post office
^Jurgensen, Melissa C. River Towns of Central Kentucky, p. 11-20 (Arcadia Publishing 2008)
^Rennick, Robert M. Kentucky Place Names, p. 300 (1984)
tyrone, kentucky, tyrone, ghost, town, located, anderson, county, kentucky, united, states, located, east, lawrenceburg, along, kentucky, river, tyroneunincorporated, communitytyronelocation, within, state, kentuckyshow, kentuckytyronetyrone, united, states, s. Tyrone is a ghost town located in Anderson County Kentucky United States It is located east of Lawrenceburg along the Kentucky River TyroneUnincorporated communityTyroneLocation within the state of KentuckyShow map of KentuckyTyroneTyrone the United States Show map of the United StatesCoordinates 38 1 58 N 84 50 11 W 38 03278 N 84 83639 W 38 03278 84 83639CountryUnited StatesStateKentuckyCountyAndersonElevation528 ft 161 m Time zoneUTC 5 Eastern EST Summer DST UTC 4 EDT GNIS feature ID505753 1 History editA distillery was opened circa 1868 and acquired by T B Ripy who expanded the facility The town is named after County Tyrone in Northern Ireland 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 2 In 1905 the sons of T B Ripy opened the Ripy Brothers Distillery 3 The population of the village reached 1 000 before Prohibition The distillery closed but was later re opened and is now where Wild Turkey bourbon is manufactured 4 Its post office was opened in 1882 as Coke the name of the postmaster was renamed Tyrone in 1893 and is now closed 5 6 7 References edit U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Tyrone Kentucky History and Families Anderson County Kentucky p 8 9 Turner Publishing Company 1991 Scott Berkeley and Jeanine The Kentucky Bourbon Trail pp 24 56 57 104 Arcadia Publishing 2009 Tyrone Kentucky Atlas and Gazetteer uky edu Retrieved 4 March 2013 U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Tyrone KY post office Jurgensen Melissa C River Towns of Central Kentucky p 11 20 Arcadia Publishing 2008 Rennick Robert M Kentucky Place Names p 300 1984 See also editYoung s High Bridge Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tyrone Kentucky amp oldid 1167739319, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
