Do you know of Tyson ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Tyson. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Tyson.

We found mention of Tyson as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Gibson County, Tennessee.

It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1893 and closed  in 1903.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Tyson ...

We found six communities that share the name Tyson.

Within Tennessee, the name Tyson is unique.

Beyond Tennessee, we know of another six communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Alabama
    • Lowndes County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Alabama community of Tyson [Lowndes County].
  • Arizona
    • Yuma County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Tyson [Yuma County].
  • Mississippi
    • Yalobusha County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Tyson [Yalobusha County].
  • Missouri
    • Saint Louis County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Tyson [Saint Louis County].
  • Texas
    • Hill County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Tyson [Hill County].
  • Vermont
    • Windsor County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Vermont community of Tyson [Windsor County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Tyson ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Tyson:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

The FIPS database contains an entry for Tyson.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 47/75740   (Place Name: Tyson)

County: Gibson     (FIPS State/County: 47/053)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Tyson) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Gibson County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Gibson County.