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History · Tyrone

Tyrone’s post office opened in 1906

Most of Tyrone was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1970. Below: 14 old photos and papers and maps from 1950 on.

1906first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
14old photos & papers
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From Tyrone’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Tyrone began

When was Tyrone founded?

1906

The Tyrone post office opened in 1906, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Azure (1895), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 712120 years
Founding year: the first Tyrone post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Tyrone’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A town in old photos14 old photos, postcards and papers.
★ What stands out · By decade

Tyrone, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1940s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1940s14 items
Company housing at Tyrone, New Mexico1940Company housing at Tyrone, New MexicoAbandoned company housing at Tyrone, New Mexico1940Abandoned company housing at Tyrone, New MexicoOld buildings and working of Burro Mountain. Copper County1940Old buildings and working of Burro Mountain. Copper C…Abandoned school buildings at Tyrone, New Mexico. These were company-built schools1940Abandoned school buildings at Tyrone, New Mexico. The…Untitled photo, possibly related to: Old buildings and working of Burro Mountain. Copper County1940Untitled photo, possibly related to: Old buildings an…One of the main buildings of the Burro Mountain Copper Company, now inactive, at Tyrone, New Mexico1940One of the main buildings of the Burro Mountain Coppe…One of the main buildings of the Burro Mountain Copper Company, now inactive, at Tyrone, New Mexico1940One of the main buildings of the Burro Mountain Coppe…Untitled photo, possibly related to: Abandoned school buildings at Tyrone, New Mexico. These were company-built schools1940Untitled photo, possibly related to: Abandoned school…Old ore cars and ties of inclined railway at copper mine of Burro Mountain Copper Company. Tyrone, New Mexico1940Old ore cars and ties of inclined railway at copper m…One of the main buildings with town square in foreground of the Burro Mountain Copper Company, now inactive, at Tyrone,…1940One of the main buildings with town square in foregro…Tyrone, New Mexico, a town developed by the Burro Mountain Copper Company, now inactive, but which is developing the to…1940Tyrone, New Mexico, a town developed by the Burro Mou…Entrance to offices of Burro Mountain Copper Company. Tyrone, New Mexico. This copper company is no longer actively eng…1940Entrance to offices of Burro Mountain Copper Company.…Untitled photo, possibly related to: Entrance to offices of Burro Mountain Copper Company. Tyrone, New Mexico. This cop…1940Untitled photo, possibly related to: Entrance to offi…Arcade of one of the main building of the Burro Mountain Copper Company at Tyrone, New Mexico. This company constructed…1940Arcade of one of the main building of the Burro Mount…
1950s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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The story so far

Tyrone, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Tyrone yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Tyrone is a census-designated place in Grant County, New Mexico, United States. It is named for County Tyrone in Ireland. Its population was 637 at the 2010 census and 712 at the 2020 census.

Its first post office opened in 1906. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 637 to 712 (+12%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Tyrone, 1895 to 1950

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1895Post officeThe Azure post office opens
  3. 1895Post officeThe Azure post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1906Post officeThe Tyrone post office opens
  6. 1940In the archiveCompany housing at Tyrone, New Mexico
  7. 1950On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
On the map

Tyrone on the map, 1950 to 1992

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Tyrone. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Tyrone on the 1950 USGS mapTyrone on the 1992 USGS map1950Tyrone sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Tyrone.

Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Company housing at Tyrone, New Mexico
Retake this viewCompany housing at Tyrone, New Mexico, 1940

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Tyrone’s page.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Tyrone

Nobody well known was born in Tyrone itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Paul BenedictAmerican actor · b. 1938
Elisa QuintanaAmerican astronomer · b. 1973
James TenneyAmerican composer and music theorist · b. 1934
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Leslie GravesAmerican actress · b. 1959
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Colleen FarringtonAmerican musician and playmate · b. 1936
Karen ShepherdUnited States Congresswoman from Utah · b. 1940
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Tyrone’s post office has been open since 1906. Another post office, Azure, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Azure
1895–1895
Tyrone
1906–today
18901960today
Gone or out of use
Tyrone Post Officepost office

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Help out

Finish Tyrone’s story

Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewCompany housing at Tyrone, New Mexico: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

Questions about Tyrone’s history

What year was Tyrone founded?

The Tyrone post office opened in 1906, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From the Library of Congress (14), U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.