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{{about||the hamlet located within this town|Tyre (hamlet), New York|other uses|Tyre (disambiguation)}}
{{More citations needed|date=January 2010}}
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|government_type = [[City Council|Town Board]]
|leader_title = [[Town Supervisor|Supervisor]]
|leader_name =
|leader_title1 = [[Clerk (municipal official)|Clerk]]
|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_title2 = [[Justice Courts (New York)|Court]]
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|established_title = Settled
|established_date = 1794
|established_title1 = Established
|established_date1 = March 26, 1829<ref name="
|chapter=Chapter IV. Seneca County.
|editor=Sullivan, James
|editor2=Williams, Melvin E.
|editor3=Conklin, Edwin P.
|editor4=Fitzpatrick, Benedict
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'''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
The '''Town of Tyre''' is located in the northeastern part of the county, northeast of [[Geneva, New York|Geneva
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
== History ==
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
The town was created from the eastern part of the [[Junius, New York|Town of Junius]] in 1829.<ref name="
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
The [[Hiram Lay Cobblestone Farmhouse]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2009.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
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According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the town has a total area of {{convert|33.1|sqmi|km2}} of which {{convert|30.1|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|3.0|sqmi|km2}} (8.97%) is water.
The
A large eastern part of the town is in the '''Montezuma Marsh'''.
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The [[Erie Canal]] and the [[Cayuga-Seneca Canal]] ([[Seneca River (New York)|Seneca River]]) pass through Tyre.
[[New York State Thruway]] ([[Interstate 90 in New York|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
==Demographics==
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|2000= 899
|2010= 981
|2020= 1002
|estyear=
|estimate=
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2020-2021"/>
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}
At the 2010 [[census]],<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=
There were 356 households, of which 29.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.7% were [[Marriage|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.
===Housing===
There were 419 housing units at an average density of 13.9 per square mile (5.4/km
There were 356 occupied housing units in the town
== 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 (New York)|Clyde River]]''' – A river entering the Montezuma Marsh near the
*'''Evans Corner''' – A [[Hamlet (place)|hamlet]] at the
*'''[[Magee, New York|Magee]]''' – A location south of the Thruway at the intersection of NY-414 and NY-318.
*'''Malcom''' – A location on NY-414 near the
*'''[[Mays Point, New York|Mays Point]]''' – A hamlet on NY-89 north of the Thruway by the [[Erie Canal]].
*'''[[Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge]]''' – A federal conservation area encompassing part of the [[Montezuma Marsh]].
*'''Munsons Corner''' – A hamlet on the
*'''[[Tyre (hamlet), New York|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]].<ref name="DELLAGO">[https://dellagoresort.com/ del Lago Resort & Casino], Retrieved
==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official}}
* [http://www.fws.gov/r5mnwr/ Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge]
* [http://www.co.seneca.ny.us/history/Chap%203--History%20of%20the%20Towns.doc History of the Towns of Seneca County (page 3)]
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