. ▁The ▁local ▁school ▁district , ▁By ron - Ber gen ▁Central ▁School ▁District , ▁is ▁shared ▁with ▁the ▁town ▁of ▁Ber gen . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁By ron ▁was ▁first ▁settled ▁around ▁ 1 8 0 7 . ▁The ▁town ▁was ▁incorpor ated ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 0 ▁from ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁town ▁of ▁Ber gen . ▁ ▁On ▁January ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 1 9 1 9 , ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁New ▁York ▁Central ▁train ▁w reck ▁in ▁South ▁By ron , ▁killing ▁ 2 2 . ▁ ▁By ron ▁was ▁tradition ally ▁a ▁rural ▁area ▁of ▁da iry ▁and ▁veget able ▁far ms . ▁ ▁Geography ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Census ▁Bureau , ▁the ▁town ▁has ▁a ▁total ▁area ▁of ▁, ▁of ▁which ▁ ▁is ▁land ▁and ▁, ▁or ▁ 0 . 1 9 %, ▁is ▁water . ▁ ▁Dem ograph ics ▁ ▁As ▁of ▁the ▁census ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁there ▁were ▁ 2 , 4 9 3 ▁people , ▁ 8 7 8 ▁households , ▁and ▁ 6 6 3 ▁families ▁res iding ▁in ▁the ▁town . ▁ ▁The ▁population ▁density ▁was ▁ 7 7 . 4 ▁people ▁per ▁square ▁mile ▁( 2 9 . 9 / km ²). ▁ ▁There ▁were ▁ 9 2 2 ▁housing ▁units ▁at ▁an ▁average ▁density ▁of ▁ 2 8 . 6 ▁per ▁square ▁mile ▁( 1 1 . 1 / km ²). ▁ ▁The ▁ra cial ▁make up ▁of ▁the ▁town ▁was ▁ 9 5