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Place	Description
Tynch Town	See Harris Landing.
Tyndall Point	SE Beaufort County, extends into Goose Creek.
Tyner	See Centre Hill.
Tyre Knob	on the Graham-Swain county line between Grassy Gap and Broke Yoke Gap. Named for the biblical city on the Mediterranean Sea that was famous throughout the classical world for its costly, royal purple. Called Tyre Top on some maps.
Tyre Top	See Tyre Knob.
Tyro Shops	community in W Davidson County served by post office, 1883-1903.
Tyro Township	W central Davidson County.
Tyrrell County (TIR-ehl)	was formed in 1729 from Chowan, Bertie, Currituck, and Pasquotank Counties. Located in the E section of the state, it is bounded by the Albemarle Sound and by Dare, Hyde, and Washington Counties. It was named for Sir John Tyrrell (1685-1729), one of the Lords Proprietors of North Carolina. Area: 583 sq. mi. County seat: Columbia, with an elevation of 10 ft. Townships are Alligator, Columbia, Gum Neck, Scuppernong, and South Fork. Produces soybeans, corn, peanuts, hogs, seafood, Irish potatoes, tools, wheat, livestock, and lumber.
Tyson Creek	rises in W Pitt County and flows NE into Tar River.
Tyson Marsh	stream, rises in S Greene County and flows NE into Contentnea Creek.