TYRONE
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TYRONE , a borough See Also: - BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the
place -names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place , the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg) - BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
of Blair county, Pennsylvania , U.S.A., about 15 m. N.E. of Altoona, on the Little' Juniata river, a small tributary of the Juniata river. Pop. (1910) 7176. Tyrone is served by the main line and three short branches of the Pennsylvania railway (which has repair shops here), and is connected with Altoona by an electric line. The borough See Also: - BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the
camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg) - BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
is situated about 910 ft. above sea-level, in an agricultural and lumbering region, and there are deposits of limestone in the vicinity. It is a distributing point for the Clearfield coal region to the northward. At the village of Birmingham , 3 M. east , is a school for girls (founded 1853; incorporated 1907). Tyrone was laid out as a village in 1851, and was incorporated as a borough in 1857.
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