Tyre, New York
| Tyre, New York | |
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| Town | |
 Tyre, New York
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| Coordinates: 42°59′N 76°48′W / 42.983°N 76.800°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Seneca |
| Settled | 1794 |
| Established | March 26, 1829 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Town Board |
| • Supervisor | Ronald F. McGreevy |
| • Clerk | Elizabeth Sutterby |
| • Court | Justice Larry Mills Justice Kathy Jans-Duffy |
| Area | |
| • Total | 33.1 sq mi (85.8 km2) |
| • Land | 30.1 sq mi (78.1 km2) |
| • Water | 3.0 sq mi (7.7 km2) |
| Elevation | 433 ft (132 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 981 |
| • Density | 32.6/sq mi (12.6/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| Area code(s) | 315 |
| FIPS code | 36-75902 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0979567 |
| Website | http://www.tyreny.com/ |
Tyre is a town in Seneca County, New York, United States. The population was 981 at the 2010 census. The town is named after the Lebanese city of Tyre.
The Town of Tyre is located in the northeastern part of the county, northeast of Geneva, New York. It has a hamlet, also called Tyre. Government offices for the Town of Tyre are located in the new town hall on New York State Route 318 just west of the hamlet of Magee, New York.
There is no post office in the Town of Tyre. The primary postal district covering the area is ZIP Code 13148 for Seneca Falls. A small section of addresses west of N.Y. Route 414 to the town border have a ZIP Code of 13165 for Waterloo.
The region was in the Central New York Military Tract, reserved for veterans, but a reservation was established at the northern end of Cayuga Lake for natives who returned to the area. A tract at the hamlet of Tyre was granted to Revolutionary War Colonel James Livingston. The first outside settler, Ezekiel Crane, arrived about 1794. Other early settlers were Asherr Halsey, Lewis Winans, Asa Smith and Caleb Woodworth. James Magee, a prominent physician for many years, came in 1811.
The town was created from the eastern part of the Town of Junius in 1829.
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