Welcome to Tyre ...

Tyre is located in Michigan's Thumb.

Tyre is located in Sanilac County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Tyre, you might consider that their post office opened in 1862.

Tyre is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Tyre lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Tyre ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Tyre - they are located in Georgia, New York and Pennsylvania.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Tyre.

Communities near Tyre ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Tyre.

• Bad Axe
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Bad Axe is located in Huron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bad Axe
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,889 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bad Axe <3>
• Sandusky
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Sandusky is located in Sanilac County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandusky
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,494 people
  • Former name for Sandusky:
  • Sanilac Centre
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sandusky <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Sandusky
  • From Tyre to Sandusky
• Cass City
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Cass City is located in Tuscola County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cass City
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,273 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cass City <3>
• Harbor Beach
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Harbor Beach is located in Huron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harbor Beach
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,570 people
  • Former name for Harbor Beach:
  • Sand Beach
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harbor Beach <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Harbor Beach
  • From Tyre to Harbor Beach
• Ubly
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Ubly is located in Huron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ubly
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 777 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ubly <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Ubly
  • From Tyre to Ubly
• Deckerville
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Deckerville is located in Sanilac County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deckerville
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 775 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Deckerville <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Deckerville
  • From Tyre to Deckerville
• Elkton
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Elkton is located in Huron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkton
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 741 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Elkton <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Elkton
  • From Tyre to Elkton
• Kinde
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Kinde is located in Huron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kinde
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 411 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kinde <3>
  • Google driving directions:
  • From your current location to Kinde
  • From Tyre to Kinde
• Gagetown
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Gagetown is located in Tuscola County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gagetown
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 361 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gagetown <3>
• Owendale
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Owendale is located in Huron County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Owendale
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 221 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Owendale <3>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Tyre. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Tyre.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Tyre. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tyre.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Tyre. See our Newspapers Page for Tyre.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tyre ...

Looking for more information about Tyre? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Tyre, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Tyre.

Adding Tyre to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Tyre in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Tyre was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Tyre post office opened in 1862. The Tyre post office closed in 1964.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tyre.