Mays Point, New York

Coordinates: 42°59′51″N 76°45′55″W / 42.99750°N 76.76528°W / 42.99750; -76.76528 Mays Point is a hamlet in the Town of Tyre, Seneca County, New York near the Wayne and Cayuga county lines. It is located 7 miles (11 km) northeast of the hamlet of Seneca Falls, at an elevation of 381 feet (116 m). The primary intersection in the hamlet is at N.Y. Route 89 and Mays Point Road (CR 105A). Mays Point is situated along the Erie Canal near the junction of the Seneca and Clyde rivers within the Montezuma Marsh. The New York State Thruway (Interstate 90) passes just south of the hamlet.

Erie Canal Lock 25 is located off Mays Point Road, near N.Y. Route 89. It was built around 1912, and has a lift of 6 feet (1.83 m) to the west.^[1]

References

↑ NY Canals (Index of Locks), Retrieved Jun. 11, 2015.

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mays Point, New York

Municipalities and communities of Seneca County, New York, United States

County seat: Waterloo

City	Geneva‡

Towns	Covert Fayette Junius Lodi Ovid Romulus Seneca Falls Tyre Varick Waterloo

Villages	Interlaken Lodi Ovid Waterloo

CDP	Romulus Seneca Falls

Hamlets	Border City Bridgeport Canoga Caywood Covert Dobbins Corner Dublin East Geneva East Varick Fayette Kendaia MacDougall Magee Malcom Mays Point Townsendville Tyre Varick Willard

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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