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Tyre, New York | |
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 New York State Route 89 southbound entering Tyre. | |
Location within the state of New York | |
| 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[1] |
| Government | |
| • Type | Town Board |
| • Supervisor | Elizabeth L. Partee |
| • Clerk | Carolyn Sosnowski[2] |
| • Court | Justice Gregory Guy Justice Kathy Jans-Duffy |
| Area | |
• Total | 33.11 sq mi (85.76 km2) |
| • Land | 30.06 sq mi (77.85 km2) |
| • Water | 3.06 sq mi (7.92 km2) |
| Elevation | 433 ft (132 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,002  |
• Estimate (2021)[4] | 999 |
| • Density | 32.2/sq mi (12.45/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area codes | 315 and 680 |
| FIPS code | 36-75902 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0979567 |
| Website | Official website |
Tyre is a town in Seneca County, New York, United States. The population was 1,002 at the 2020 census.[4] 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. 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.[5]
There is no post office in the Town of Tyre. The primary postal district covering the area is ZIP Code 13148 for Seneca Falls.[6] A small section of addresses west of N.Y. Route 414 to the town border have a ZIP Code of 13165 for Waterloo.[7]
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.[8] 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.[1]
The town is part of the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor.[9] Erie Canal Lock 25 is located off Mays Point Road (CR 105A) in the hamlet of Mays Point. It was built around 1912, and has a lift of 6 feet (1.83 m) to the west.[10]
The Hiram Lay Cobblestone Farmhouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[11]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 33.1 square miles (86 km2) of which 30.1 square miles (78 km2) is land and 3.0 square miles (7.8 km2) (8.97%) is water.
The northern town line is the border of Wayne County, and the eastern town line, partly marked by the Seneca River, is the border of Cayuga County.
A large eastern part of the town is in the Montezuma Marsh.
The Erie Canal and the Cayuga-Seneca Canal (Seneca River) pass through Tyre.
New York State Thruway (Interstate 90) crosses the town, passing through the Montezuma Marsh. New York State Route 89 and New York State Route 414 are north-south highways in the town, and New York State Route 318 is an east-west highway. New York State Route 31 crosses the northeastern corner of the town.
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1830 | 1,482 | — | |
| 1840 | 1,506 | 1.6% | |
| 1850 | 1,356 | −10.0% | |
| 1860 | 1,437 | 6.0% | |
| 1870 | 1,280 | −10.9% | |
| 1880 | 1,168 | −8.7% | |
| 1890 | 991 | −15.2% | |
| 1900 | 954 | −3.7% | |
| 1910 | 900 | −5.7% | |
| 1920 | 798 | −11.3% | |
| 1930 | 743 | −6.9% | |
| 1940 | 724 | −2.6% | |
| 1950 | 729 | 0.7% | |
| 1960 | 815 | 11.8% | |
| 1970 | 837 | 2.7% | |
| 1980 | 887 | 6.0% | |
| 1990 | 870 | −1.9% | |
| 2000 | 899 | 3.3% | |
| 2010 | 981 | 9.1% | |
| 2020 | 1,002 | 2.1% | |
| 2021 (est.) | 999 | [4] | −0.3% |
| U.S. Decennial Census[12] | |||
At the 2010 census,[13] there were 981 people, 356 households and 263 families residing in the town. The population density was 32.6 inhabitants per square mile (12.6/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 97.6% White, 0.0% Black or African American, 0.2% Native American, 0.3% Asian, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 0.5% from other races, and 1.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.4% of the population.
There were 356 households, of which 29.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.7% were married couples living together, 8.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.1% were non-families. 19.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.14.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 29.5% under the age of 20, 5.6% from 20 to 24, 21.1% from 25 to 44, 30.3% from 45 to 64, and 13.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.1 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $43,750, and the median income for a family was $64,250. Males had a median income of $42,679 versus $31,125 for females. The per capita income for the town was $24,383. About 6.3% of families and 12.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.1% of those under age 18 and 15.2% of those age 65 or over.
There were 419 housing units at an average density of 13.9 per square mile (5.4/km2), of which 15.0% of housing units were vacant.
There were 356 occupied housing units in the town; 303 were owner-occupied units (85.1%), while 53 were renter-occupied (14.9%). The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.3% of total units. The rental unit vacancy rate was 3.6%.[13]
The town is the site of a new casino called Del Lago Resort and Casino.[14] It was one of three projects selected by the New York State Gaming Facility Location Board on December 17, 2014, for possible licensure by the New York State Gaming Commission.[15][16] The casino opened to the public in 2017.[14]
42°59′N 76°48′W / 42.983°N 76.800°W
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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Tyre is a town in Seneca County, New York, United States. The population was 1,002 at the 2020 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. 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.
Tyre is a hamlet in the Town of Tyre, Seneca County, New York, United States.
George Lucas Hartsuff (May 28, 1830 – May 16, 1874) was an American soldier, born at Tyre, New York. He graduated at West Point in 1852, graduating 19th out of 43 in his class. He served on the frontier and in Florida, where, during a fight with the Seminole Indians near Fort Myers in December 1855, he received a wound which eventually caused his death. Hartsuff survived the wreck of the steamer Lady Elgin on Lake Michigan on September 8, 1860. On March 22, 1861, Hartsuff was appointed Assistant Adjutant General with the brevet rank of captain, assigned to the Department of Florida on April 13. He was assigned to the staff of Brigadier General William Rosecrans in West Virginia on August 8, 1861. He held under staff positions, eventually serving briefly as chief of staff of the Mountain Department. Hartsuff became a brigadier general on April 15, 1862. He served in third corps Army of Virginia and then in the Army of the Potomac. Hartsuff was severely wounded in the hip at Antietam while leading a brigade in second division I Corps. Immediately after the battle he was made a brevet colonel in the regular army for gallant and meritorious services. Hartsuff was promoted to the rank of major general on November 29, 1863. Returning to active duty, he commanded XXIII Corps in the Army of the Ohio from May 28 to September 24, 1863. This period included the early stages of the Knoxville Campaign of MG Ambrose Burnside. On March 13, 1865, he was given the brevet rank of major general in the regular army, and from March 19, to April 16, of the same year was in command of Bermuda Hundred in the Army of the James. Then he commanded the District of Nottoway in the Department of Virginia from May 22 to August 24. Hartsuff was mustered out of the volunteer service on August 24, 1865, and served in the regular army as a lieutenant colonel. Hartsuff resigned from the regular army on June 29, 1871, because of disability resulting from wounds received in battle. Hartsuff was retired with the rank of major general. He died on May 16, 1874, and was buried at the West Point Cemetery.
Del Lago Resort and Casino is a casino hotel in Tyre, New York, owned and operated by Churchill Downs, Inc. It opened in 2017 at a cost of $440 million.
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
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