Ithaca

city in Tompkins County, New York, USA, enclosed by the town of the same name
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Ithaca

Summary

Ithaca is a city in the state of New York[1]. Ithaca draws 2,646 Wikipedia views per month (city_in_the_state_of_new_york category, ranking #6 of 33).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ithaca is located in Tompkins County[3].
  • Ithaca is in the country of United States[4].
  • Ithaca is on the body of water Cayuga Lake[5].
  • Ithaca's head of government is recorded as Svante Myrick[6].
  • Ithaca's head of government is recorded as Laura Lewis[7].
  • Ithaca's head of government is recorded as Robert Cantelmo[8].
  • Ithaca's instance of is recorded as city in the state of New York[9].
  • Ithaca's instance of is recorded as college town[10].
  • Ithaca's shares border with is recorded as Ithaca[11].
  • Ithaca is named after Ithaca[12].
  • Ithaca's postal code is recorded as 14850[13].
  • Ithaca's postal code is recorded as 14851[14].
  • Ithaca's postal code is recorded as 14852[15].
  • Ithaca's postal code is recorded as 14853[16].
  • Ithaca's Commons category is recorded as Ithaca, New York[17].
  • Ithaca's local dialing code is recorded as 607[18].
  • 1888 marks the founding of Ithaca[19].
  • Ithaca's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 42.443333333333, 'lon': -76.5}[20].
  • Ithaca's official website is recorded as https://cityofithaca.org[21].
  • Ithaca's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ithaca, New York[22].
  • Ithaca's Commons gallery is recorded as Ithaca, New York[23].
  • Ithaca has a population of {'amount': '+30014'}[24].
  • Ithaca has a population of {'amount': '+32108'}[25].
  • Ithaca's office held by head of government is recorded as Mayor of Ithaca, New York[26].
  • Ithaca's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27].

Body

Geography

Ithaca is in the country of United States[4]. Ithaca is located in Tompkins County[3]. Ithaca is on the body of water Cayuga Lake[5].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+15.727155'}[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+15.727154'}[29]. Ithaca sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+136'}[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+30014'}[24] and {'amount': '+32108'}[25].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city in the state of New York[9] and college town[10].

History and Context

1888 marks the founding of Ithaca[19]. Ithaca is named after Ithaca[12].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Ithaca include Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport[31], an airport[32], in United States[33].

Why It Matters

Ithaca draws 2,646 Wikipedia views per month (city_in_the_state_of_new_york category, ranking #6 of 33).[2] Ithaca has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Ithaca is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Entities named for Ithaca include Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport[31], an airport[32], in United States[33].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . cityofithaca.org. Retrieved . cityofithaca.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . cityofithaca.org. Retrieved . cityofithaca.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [30] . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] . 2016 U.S. Gazetteer Files. wikidata.org.
  28. [29] . 2010 U.S. Gazetteer Files. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [31] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Hwierzbicki · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category for people born here Category:Births in Ithaca, New York
    Territory overlaps Ithaca urban area
    Category for people who died here Category:Deaths in Ithaca, New York
    Head of government Svante Myrick, Carolyn K. Peterson, Laura Lewis +1
    + 36 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2013]]: CityofIthacaNY"
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