Tybo, Nevada

Tybo, Nevada
Unincorporated community
Tybo, Nevada
Coordinates: 38°22′12″N 116°24′04″W / 38.37000°N 116.40111°W / 38.37000; -116.40111Coordinates: 38°22′12″N 116°24′04″W / 38.37000°N 116.40111°W / 38.37000; -116.40111
Country United States
State Nevada
County Nye
Elevation 6,588 ft (2,008 m)
Time zone UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-7 (PDT)
Area code(s) 775
GNIS feature ID 856158[1]

Tybo is an unincorporated community in Nye County, Nevada, United States. Tybo is 8 miles (13 km) northwest of U.S. Route 6 and 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Warm Springs. The community was established in the 1870s as a silver mining town. Its name came from the Shoshone word tybbabo or tai-vu, meaning "white man's district". The community prospered in the 1870s; its population neared 1000, and it had a school, post office, and newspaper by the end of the decade.[2] A variant is Tyboe found on Wheeler's map of 1871.[3]

The Tybo Charcoal Kilns in Tybo are located on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Tybo". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. 1 2 Jarvis, Donald W. (December 20, 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Tybo Charcoal Kilns". National Park Service. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
  3. ↑ Carlson, Helen S. (1985). Nevada place names : a geographical dictionary. Reno: University of Nevada Press. p. 237. ISBN 0-87417-094-X.


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