Tybo, Nevada
| Tybo, Nevada | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
  Tybo, Nevada | |
| Coordinates: 38°22′12″N 116°24′04″W / 38.37000°N 116.40111°WCoordinates: 38°22′12″N 116°24′04″W / 38.37000°N 116.40111°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nevada |
| County | Nye |
| Elevation | 6,588 ft (2,008 m) |
| Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| 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
- ↑ "Tybo". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
- 1 2 Jarvis, Donald W. (December 20, 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Tybo Charcoal Kilns" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved July 16, 2013.
- ↑ 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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