Tyre, New York: Difference between revisions

|leader_name = RonaldElizabeth FL. McGreevyPartee

|leader_name1 = Carolyn Sosnowski<ref name="SERVICES">[http://tyreny.com/services.php Town of Tyre, Services] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812211805/http://www.tyreny.com/services.php |date=August 12, 2019 }}, Retrieved May 25, 2019.</ref>

|leader_name2 = Justice LarryGregory MillsGuy<br />Justice Kathy Jans-Duffy

|established_date1 = March 26, 1829<ref name="NYROOTS">[http://www.newyorkroots.org/bookarchive/historyofnewyorkstate/bk7/ch4.html New York Roots - ''The History of New York State'' by Dr. James Sullivan (Book1927 VII,p635">{{Cite Chapter IV - Seneca County)], Retrieved Jun. 3, 2015.</ref>Q|Q114149636|page=635

|area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2016">{{cite web|title=2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2016_Gazetteer/2016_gaz_place_36.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=JulJuly 5, 2017}}</ref>

|population_as_of = [[20102020 United States Census|20102020]]

|population_total = 9811002 {{increase}}

|website = http{{Official|https://www.tyreny.com/}}

|pop_est_as_of = 20162021

|pop_est_footnotes = <ref name="USCensusEst2016USCensusEst2020-2021"/>

|population_est = 969999

'''Tyre''' is a [[Administrative divisions of New York#Town|town]] in [[Seneca County, New York|Seneca County]], [[New York (state)|New York]], United States. The population was 9811,002 at the 20102020 census.<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2021"/> The town is named after the [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] city of [[Tyre (Lebanon)|Tyre]].

The '''Town of Tyre''' is located in the northeastern part of the county, northeast of [[Geneva, New York|Geneva]]. It has a [[Hamlet (New York)|hamlet]], also called [[Tyre (hamlet), New York|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]].<ref name="TYRE">[http://www.tyreny.com/ Town of Tyre, New York], Retrieved Jun.June 11, 2015.</ref>

There is no post office in the Town of Tyre. The primary postal district covering the area is [[ZIP Code]] 13148 for [[Seneca Falls (CDP), New York|Seneca Falls]].<ref name="USPSSF">[https://tools.usps.com/go/POLocatorDetailsAction!input.action?locationTypeQ=all&address=13148&radius=20&locationType=po&locationID=1381207&locationName=SENECA+FALLS&address2=&address1=38+STATE+ST&city=SENECA+FALLS&state=NY&zip5=13148&zip4=9998&tollFree=800-ASK-USPS%26reg%3B%26nbsp%3B%28800-275-8777%29&fax=&tAddress=&tAddress1Ams=&tAddress2Ams=&tCityAms=&tStateAms=&tZipAms=&tCarrierRouteAms=&latitude=42.9121291&longitude=-76.798044&sWithin=20&&&&&&&&& United States Postal Service (Seneca Falls, New York Post Office)], Retrieved Jun.June 3, 2015.</ref> A small section of addresses west of [[New York State Route 414|N.Y. Route 414]] to the town border have a ZIP Code of 13165 for [[Waterloo (village), New York|Waterloo]].<ref name="USPSW">[https://tools.usps.com/go/POLocatorDetailsAction!input.action?locationTypeQ=all&address=13148&radius=20&locationType=po&locationID=1386598&locationName=WATERLOO&address2=&address1=2+E+MAIN+ST&city=WATERLOO&state=NY&zip5=13165&zip4=9998&tollFree=800-ASK-USPS%26reg%3B%26nbsp%3B%28800-275-8777%29&fax=&tAddress=&tAddress1Ams=&tAddress2Ams=&tCityAms=&tStateAms=&tZipAms=&tCarrierRouteAms=&latitude=42.9046027&longitude=-76.862636&sWithin=20&&&&&&&&& United States Postal Service (Waterloo, New York Post Office)], Retrieved Jun.June 3, 2015.</ref>

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 (American Revolution)|James Livingston]]. The first outside settler, Ezekiel Crane, arrived about 1794.<ref name="HISTORY">[http://www.tyreny.com/about.php Town of Tyre, New York - A Brief History of Tyre], Retrieved Jun.June 3, 2015.</ref> 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 [[Junius, New York|Town of Junius]] in 1829.<ref name="NYROOTSSullivan 1927 p635" />

The town is part of the [[Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor]].<ref>[http://www.nps.gov/erie/planyourvisit/upload/ERCA_brochure_large_2007.pdf National Park Service - Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Brochure, New York], Retrieved Jun.June 11, 2015.</ref> [[Erie Canal]] Lock 25 is located off Mays Point Road (CR 105A) in the hamlet of [[Mays Point, New York|Mays Point]]. It was built around 1912, and has a lift of 6 feet (1.83 m) to the west.<ref name="NYCANALS">[http://www.nycanals.com/Index_of_Locks NY Canals (Index of Locks)], Retrieved Jun.June 11, 2015.</ref>

|estyear=20162021

|estimate=969999

At the 2010 [[census]],<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-01-January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> there were 981 people, 356 households and 263 families residing in the town. The [[population density]] was {{convert|32.6 per square mile (12.6|PD/km<sup>2<sqmi|PD/sup>)km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the town was 97.6% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.0% [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.3% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.0% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.5% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.4% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.4% of the population.

The town is the site of a new casino called [[Del Lago Resort and Casino]].<ref name="DELLAGO">[https://dellagoresort.com/ del Lago Resort & Casino], Retrieved Jun.June 30, 2017.</ref> 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]].<ref>http{{cite web| url=https://www.gaming.ny.gov/pdf/12.17.14.GFLBSelection.pdf | title=SELECTION OF THE NEW YORK GAMING FACILITY LOCATION BOARD | access-date=February 7, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.gaming.ny.gov/pdf/02.27.15.GFLBFinalAppendicesWebSmall.pdf | title=REPORT AND FINDINGS OF THE NEW YORK GAMING FACILITY LOCATION BOARD | access-date=February 7, 2024}}</ref> The casino opened to the public in 2017.<ref name="DELLAGO" />