Welcome to Byron ...

Byron is located in Genesee County<1>.

The location of Byron has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Byron, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1820.

Byron is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Byron lies within the (585) area code.

Websites for Byron ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.geneseeny.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Byron, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Byron ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 31 communities that are also named Byron - they are located in Arkansas, California, Georgia (4), Illinois, Indiana (2), Kansas (2), Kentucky, Maine, Michigan (2), Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin (2) and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Byron ...

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

• Batavia
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Batavia
  • Batavia is located in Genesee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,308 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Batavia <4>
• Brockport
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brockport
  • Brockport is located in Monroe County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,868 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brockport <4>
• Hilton
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilton
  • Hilton is located in Monroe County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,750 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hilton <4>
• Albion
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
  • Albion is located in Orleans County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,744 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Albion <4>
• Medina
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medina
  • Medina is located in Orleans County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,584 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Medina <4>
• Le Roy
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Le Roy have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Le Roy
  • Le Roy is located in Genesee County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,233 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Le Roy <4>
• Spencerport
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Spencerport have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spencerport
  • Spencerport is located in Monroe County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,634 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Spencerport <4>
• Avon
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Avon have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avon
  • Avon is located in Livingston County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,294 people
• Attica
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attica
  • Attica is located in Wyoming County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,386 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Attica <4>
• Churchville
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Churchville
  • Churchville is located in Monroe County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,118 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Churchville <4>

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 Byron. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Byron.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Byron. 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 Byron.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Byron ...

Looking for more information about Byron? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Byron, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Byron.

Adding Byron to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Byron 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 for Byron was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Byron post office opened in 1820.

We also found Byron in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Byron.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Byron. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Genesee County: www.co.genesee.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/