Tompkins County, New York

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Tompkins County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 105,740. The county seat is Ithaca. The name is in honor of Daniel D. Tompkins, who served as Governor of New York and Vice President of the United States. The county is part of the Southern Tier region of the state.

Image: Ithaca Falls Ithaca New York

Image: Johnson museum of art cornell

Image: Cornell University, Ho Plaza and Sage Hall

McGraw Tower, Cornell University on East Hill above downtown Ithaca

Ithaca, New York

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Ithaca is a city in and the county seat of Tompkins County, New York, United States. Situated on the southern shore of Cayuga Lake in the Finger Lakes region of New York, Ithaca is the largest community in the Ithaca metropolitan statistical area. It is named after the Greek island of Ithaca. As of 2020, the city's population was 32,108.

Clockwise from top left: Ithaca during winter, Ithaca during autumn, Ithaca Commons (downtown), Ithaca Falls, Hemlock Gorge, Cornell University

Cascadilla Creek gorge

State Street in Ithaca, c. 1901

Ithaca Gun Company's Annie Oakley gun in 1916