Editing Byron, New York (section)

== History ==
Byron was first settled ''circa'' 1807. The town was incorporated in 1820 from part of the town of Bergen.

On January 12, 1919, there was a [[New York Central]] train wreck in South Byron, killing 22.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1919/01/13/archives/21-killed-in-sleep-as-limited-rams-the-wolverine-southwestern.html> | work=The New York Times | title=21 KILLED IN SLEEP AS LIMITED RAMS THE WOLVERINE; Southwestern Demolishes Rear Coaches of Waiting Train Near Batavia, N.Y. STEEL CARS TELESCOPED All Passengers in Last One Meet Death or Injury in Mass of Tangled Metal. OFFICIALS BLAME ENGINEER Bay Plain Danger Signals Were Set but He Denies It--Both Trains from Here. Steel Car Ground Into Debris. Eight Bodies Identified. 21 KILLED AS LIMITED RAMS AN EXPRESS Trainmen's Stories Vary | date=January 13, 1919}}</ref>

Byron was traditionally a rural area of dairy and vegetable farms.