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Introduction ...

We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:

  • That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
  • We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
  • On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.

By learning about Tyre (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.

As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Tyre. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.

Neighboring Counties ...

When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.

For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.

So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived:  their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.

If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.

Tyre is located in Seneca County.

To see how the shape of New York's counties have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Seneca County: Cayuga, Ontario, Schuyler, Tompkins, Wayne & Yates.

Below are the counties that are near Tyre. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Tyre:

For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Tyre, see our County-by-County Page for Tyre.

Cemeteries Near Tyre ...

Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Tyre.

This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.

If you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our selection of Genealogy Websites (see below).

If not found below, our Cemetery List for Tyre covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.

The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Tyre, with the one closest to Tyre listed first.

  • Traver Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Traver Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Traver Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Tyre City Cemetery
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Tyre City Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Tyre City Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Crusoe Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Crusoe Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Crusoe Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Harvey Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Harvey Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Harvey Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Dutch Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dutch Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dutch Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Fox Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fox Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fox Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Springbrook Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Springbrook Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Springbrook Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Wiley Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wiley Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wiley Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Lockpit Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Lockpit Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Lockpit Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Kingdom Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Kingdom Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Kingdom Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Ovid Street Pioneers Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ovid Street Pioneers Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ovid Street Pioneers Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • St. Columbkille Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the St. Columbkille Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the St. Columbkille Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Continue List   (463 more) ...
    • Restvale Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Fairchild Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Fairchild Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Fairchild Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Montezuma Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Montezuma Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Montezuma Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.

Nearby Communities in 1895 ...

We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<5>

The Rand McNally Atlas shows that Tyre had a population of 118 people in 1895 with a post office and no railroad service.

These communities are listed based on their distance from Tyre, with the one closest to Tyre listed first.

  • Seneca Falls
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Montezuma
    (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Montezuma have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Montezuma
    • Montezuma is located in Cayuga County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Montezuma <1>
  • Savannah
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Savannah have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Savannah
    • Savannah is located in Wayne County
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Savannah <1>
  • Marengo
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marengo have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marengo
    • Marengo is located in Wayne County
  • Waterloo
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Cayuga
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cayuga have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga
    • Cayuga is located in Cayuga County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 516 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cayuga <1>
  • Fosterville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fosterville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fosterville
    • Fosterville is located in Cayuga County
  • Clyde
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Fox Ridge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Fox Ridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fox Ridge
    • Fox Ridge is located in Cayuga County
  • West Junius
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for West Junius. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<3>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Junius
    • West Junius is located in Ontario County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to West Junius
    • From Tyre to West Junius
  • Canoga
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Cayuga Junction
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cayuga Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Junction
    • Cayuga Junction is located in Cayuga County
  • Continue List   (19 more) ...

We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Tyre. See our List of 1890's Communities around Tyre.

Newspapers Published in Tyre ...

An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.

Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 121 newspapers that have been published in the area around Tyre.

Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Tyre, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<6>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Tyre.

Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Tyre:

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

The official website for Seneca County: www.co.seneca.ny.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<4>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
<5>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Tyre, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<6>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Tyre) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Tyre. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 42.9911, Longitude: -76.8022       In this case, the coordinates for Tyre have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).




 

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