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{{about||the hamlet located within this town|Tyre (hamlet), New York|other uses|Tyre (disambiguation)}}
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|established_date = 1794
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|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 (Book VII, Chapter IV - Seneca County)], Retrieved Jun. 3, 2015.</ref>
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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]],
The '''Town of Tyre''' is located in the northeastern part of the county, northeast of [[Geneva, New York|Geneva]], [[New York (state)|New York]]. 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. 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. 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. 3, 2015.</ref>
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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. 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="NYROOTS"
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. 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. 11, 2015.</ref>
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==Casino==
The town is the site of a new casino called [[del Lago Resort & Casino]].<ref name="DELLAGO">[https://dellagoresort.com/ del Lago Resort & Casino], Retrieved Jun. 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://www.gaming.ny.gov/pdf/12.17.14.GFLBSelection.pdf</ref><ref>http://www.gaming.ny.gov/pdf/02.27.15.GFLBFinalAppendicesWebSmall.pdf</ref> The casino opened to the public in 2017.<ref name="DELLAGO"
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