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Welcome to Tyner ...

Tyner is located in Chenango County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Tyner, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881.

Tyner is 1,240 feet [378 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Tyner: 607

Communities Also Named Tyner ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Tyner - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida (2), Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Saskatchewan, Tennessee and West Virginia.

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

Websites for Tyner ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.chenangony.org/

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

Communities near Tyner ...

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

  • Norwich
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Sidney
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Greene
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Oxford
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Sherburne
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Bainbridge
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Unadilla
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Whitney Point
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Marathon
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Afton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tyner ...

Looking for more information about Tyner? 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 Tyner, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Tyner.

Adding Tyner to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Tyner 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 Tyner was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Tyner post office opened in 1881. The Tyner post office closed in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tyner.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Chenango, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Tyner - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/