Tyrone is a town in northeastern Texas County, Oklahoma, United States.

[4] The town was reportedly named by a railway vice president when the railroad passed through the area.

Nearby Shades Well (three miles northeast) was the trailhead for many cattle drives in the late 19th century.

It was larger than Dodge City for a time, and still has mounds of broken glass from beer and whisky bottles consumed by drovers.

[6] According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 0.4 square miles (1.0 km2), all land.

[8] Commercial air transportation is available at Liberal Mid-America Regional Airport in Kansas,[9] approximately 11 miles northeast.