Tompkins County, New York

Street maps, historic prints and keepsakes for 7 Tompkins County towns.

The oldest is Groton, established 1817. The largest by population is Ithaca (32,108).

About these towns

Cayuga Heights: After the Revolutionary War, much of Upstate New York was divided and given to veterans as part of the Central New York Military Tract.

Dryden: The region was part of the Central New York Military Tract, land given as compensation to soldiers of the American Revolution. Robert Harpur, a Clerk in the office of the New York State Surveyor General who named numerous New York townships in 1790 based on his own classical studies, named Dryden for John Dryden (1631–1700), the English poet and a…

Freeville: Freeville was in the former Central New York Military Tract. It was first settled by Daniel White, a Revolutionary War soldier who cleared land along Fall Creek and built a cabin there around 1798; by 1802 White had established a grist mill at the site.

Groton: The name is taken from Groton, Massachusetts.

Ithaca: Native Americans lived in this area for thousands of years. When reached by Europeans, this area was controlled by the Cayuga (Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ), one of the five tribes comprising the Iroquois Confederacy (Haudenosaunee).

Lansing: The area was formerly within the territory of the Cayuga tribe and, in 1780, became part of the Central New York Military Tract to compensate New York's soldiers after they participated in the Revolutionary War.

Trumansburg: The village was incorporated in 1872, in the former Central New York Military Tract. The village was originally named "Tremaine's Village", after an early settler, Abner Tremaine (Tremain, Treman), who was granted the land for his service in the American Revolutionary War.

Cayuga HeightsNew YorkDrydenNew YorkFreevilleNew YorkGrotonNew York · Est. 1817IthacaNew YorkLansingNew York · Est. 1817TrumansburgNew York

Founding years, populations and town notes come from each town's Wikipedia and Wikidata entries. All New York towns.