The Court laid out house lots of between 40 to 80 acres and allocated one to each of the 63 original settlers. Tyringham had considerable good farming land even though the town is crossed by two heavy ranges of hills. Scandal erupted in Tyringham early in its history, when the townspeople in 1808 voted to dismiss their minister, Joseph Avery, after 19 years of service. Avery sued and won reinstatement, and historians note the case created the legal principle that ministers hold their tenure for life unless they leave by mutual agreement.

But church members refused to pay taxes for Avery's support which in turn led to the formation in 1809 of a society of parishioners who voluntarily pledged their financial support for their church and minister. This later became one of the models for church support everywhere. Tyringham is said to have been given its name by Lord Viscount Howe a few days before he fell at the battle of Ticonderoga, after a town in England in which he owned an estate.

Tyringham Mass is located in Southwestern Massachusetts, bordered by Becket and Otis on the east, Monterey on the south and southwest, Great Barrington on the west, and Lee on the northwest and north. Tyringham is 16 miles south of Pittsfield and 137 miles west of Boston.