Tyre is a

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in Seneca County,

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, 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

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. It has a

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, 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 Magee, also known as Magee's Corners, is a hamlet in the Town of Tyre, Seneca County, New York, United States, near the Junius town line. It is named after Thomas C. Magee, who built the first brick house in Magee. It is located five miles (8 ...

.Town of Tyre, New York
Retrieved Jun. 11, 2015. There is no post office in the Town of Tyre. The primary postal district covering the area is ZIP Code 13148 for Seneca Falls.United States Postal Service (Seneca Falls, New York Post Office)
Retrieved Jun. 3, 2015. A small section of addresses west of N.Y. Route 414 to the town border have a ZIP Code of 13165 for Waterloo.United States Postal Service (Waterloo, New York Post Office)
Retrieved Jun. 3, 2015.

History

The region was in the

Central New York Military Tract The Military Tract of Central New York, also called the New Military Tract, consisted of nearly of bounty land set aside in Central New York to compensate New York's soldiers after their participation in the Revolutionary War. Establishment Th ...

, reserved for veterans, but a reservation was established at the northern end of

Cayuga Lake Cayuga Lake (,,) is the longest of central New York's glacial Finger Lakes, and is the second largest in surface area (marginally smaller than Seneca Lake) and second largest in volume. It is just under long. Its average width is , and it is a ...

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.Town of Tyre, New York - A Brief History of Tyre
Retrieved Jun. 3, 2015. 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. The town is part of the

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Erie Canal The Erie Canal is a historic canal in upstate New York that runs east-west between the Hudson River and Lake Erie. Completed in 1825, the canal was the first navigable waterway connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes, vastly reducing t ...

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.NY Canals (Index of Locks)
Retrieved Jun. 11, 2015. The Hiram Lay Cobblestone Farmhouse was listed on the

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in 2009.

Geography

According to the

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, the town has a total area of of which is land and (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 Cayuga County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 76,248. Its county seat and largest city is Auburn. The county was named for the Cayuga people, one of the Indian tribes in the Iroquois Confeder ...

. A large eastern part of the town is in the Montezuma Marsh. The

and the Cayuga-Seneca Canal ( Seneca River) pass through Tyre.

New York State Thruway {{Infobox road , state = NY , type = NYST , alternate_name = Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway , maint = NYSTA , map = {{maplink, frame=yes, plain=yes, frame-align=center, frame-width=290, type=line, stroke-width=2, type2=line, from2=New Yor ...

(

Interstate 90 Interstate 90 (I-90) is an east–west transcontinental freeway and the longest Interstate Highway in the United States at . It begins in Seattle, Washington, and travels through the Pacific Northwest, Mountain West, Great Plains, Midwest, and ...

) crosses the town, passing through the Montezuma Marsh.

New York State Route 89 New York State Route 89 (NY 89) is a north–south state highway in central New York in the United States. It extends for from an intersection with NY 13, NY 34, and NY 96 in the Tompkins County city of Ithaca to an in ...

and

New York State Route 414 New York State Route 414 (NY 414) is a north–south state highway in the Southern Tier and Finger Lakes regions of New York in the United States. It extends for from an intersection with NY 352 in the Steuben County city of Co ...

are north-south highways in the town, and

New York State Route 318 New York State Route 318 (NY 318) is an east–west state highway in the Finger Lakes region of New York (state), New York in the United States. The western terminus of the route is at an intersection with New York State Route 14, NY&nb ...

is an east-west highway.

New York State Route 31 New York State Route 31 (NY 31) is a state highway that extends for across western and central New York in the United States. The western terminus of the route is at an intersection with NY 104 in the city of Niagara Falls. Its e ...

crosses the northeastern corner of the town.

Demographics

At the 2010

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, there were 981 people, 356 households and 263 families residing in the town. The

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was 32.6 per square mile (12.6/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 97.6%

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, 0.0%

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, 0.2% Native American, 0.3%

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, 0.0%

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, 0.5% from

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, and 1.4% from two or more races.

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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

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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

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for the town was $24,383. About 6.3% of families and 12.6% of the population were below the

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, including 16.1% of those under age 18 and 15.2% of those age 65 or over.

Housing

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%.

Communities and locations in the Town of Tyre

*Armitage Farm and Armitage Bridge – A farm next to the bridge. *Black Brook – A stream flowing past Tyre village into Montezuma Marsh. * Clyde River – A river entering the Montezuma Marsh near the northern town line. *Evans Corner – A

at the northern town boundary on NY-89. *

Magee Magee may refer to: People *Magee (surname) Places and institutions * Magee, Mississippi, a city in Simpson County, Mississippi, U.S. * Magee, New York, also known as Magee's Corners, a hamlet in the Town of Tyre, Seneca County, New York, U.S. * ...

– A location south of the Thruway at the intersection of NY-414 and NY-318. *Malcom – A location on NY-414 near the northern town line. * Mays Point – A hamlet on NY-89 north of the Thruway by the

. *

Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife preserve operated by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, encompassing part of the Montezuma Swamp at the north end of Cayuga Lake. The preserve is composed of swamps, pools and channels an ...

– A federal conservation area encompassing part of the

Montezuma Marsh Montezuma Marsh is a marsh at the northern end of Cayuga Lake in the Finger Lakes region of New York (state), New York. Much of the marsh is part of the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge, which is a major point on the route of many migratory bird ...

. *Munsons Corner – A hamlet on the northern town line on County Road 101. * Tyre – The hamlet of Tyre located in the northern part of town on County Road 101.

Casino

The town is the site of a new casino called

Del Lago Resort and Casino del Lago Resort and Casino is a casino hotel in Tyre, New York, owned and operatedo by Churchill Downs, Inc. It opened in 2017 at a cost of $440 million. Facilities The casino features 1,702 slot machines, 66 table games, and 14 poker tables. ...

.del Lago Resort & Casino
Retrieved Jun. 30, 2017. 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 The New York State Gaming Commission is the official governing body that oversees casino gaming, charitable gaming, horse racing, lottery, and video lottery terminals in New York State. Based in Schenectady, it was formed on February 1, 2013, upon ...

.http://www.gaming.ny.gov/pdf/02.27.15.GFLBFinalAppendicesWebSmall.pdf The casino opened to the public in 2017.

References

External links

Town of Tyre

Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge

History of the Towns of Seneca County (page 3)

del Lago Resort & Casino
{{authority control Populated places established in 1794 Towns in Seneca County, New York 1794 establishments in New York (state)