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Welcome to Tyson ...So far, we found very little information about Tyson. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Tyson to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Tyson, please Contact Us. Tyson would have been located within present day Yuma County<2>. We aren't confident of the location of Tyson, so consider the above location as an estimate.<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Tyson, you might get a feel for it by knowing that during our research the earliest mention that we found (so far) was on a map dated 1956. While the community is gone, the present day location for Tyson is 300 feet [91 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Tyson was located is in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time Note: If you travel west from Tyson, you will leave Mountain Standard Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT). In addition, you will be moving from an area that does not observe daylight saving time to one that does. Tyson would have been located in the (928) area code. Communities Also Named Tyson ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Tyson - they are located in Alabama, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas and Vermont. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Tyson. Communities near Tyson ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Tyson.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Tyson. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Tyson. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Tyson. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tyson. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Tyson. See our Newspapers Page for Tyson. Adding Tyson to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Tyson in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Tyson was on a map titled Road Map for Arizona (from Shell Oil, 1956). For more details, see References and Mentions for Tyson. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Yuma County: www.co.yuma.az.us/ The official website for State of Arizona: https://az.gov/ Footnotes ...
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