Ithaca, New York

The city of Ithaca (named for the Greek island of Ithaca in Homer's Odyssey) sits on the southern shores of Cayuga Lake, in Central New York.

Local government

The name "Ithaca" actually designates two governmental entities in the area. The Town of Ithaca is one of the nine towns comprised by Tompkins County. The City of Ithaca is surrounded by, but legally independent of, the Town of Ithaca. Other non-municipal areas within the Town of Ithaca identified by the US Census Bureau as census-designated places are:

Related Topics:
Town of Ithaca - Tompkins County - City of Ithaca - Census-designated place

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• East Ithaca
• Forest Home
• Northeast Ithaca
• Northwest Ithaca
• South Hill

In addition, the Town of Ithaca contains the Village of Cayuga Heights, a small incorporated upper-middle class suburb located to the northeast of the City of Ithaca.

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The Town of Ithaca is bordered by other towns of Tompkins County as follows:

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• Enfield to the west
• Ulysses to the northwest
• Lansing to the northeast
• Dryden to the east
• Danby to the south
• Newfield to the southwest