Our Community
At the beginning of recorded time, the area that we today call Tompkins County was home of the Cayugas, one of the five nations of the Haudenosaunee or the “People of the Longhouse,” also known as the Iroquois Confederacy.
In 1817, the State of New York approved the creation of Tompkins County with Ithaca as the county seat. The county was named for Daniel D. Tompkins, then governor of New York and soon to be vice president of the United States from 1817 until 1825.
As of the 2010 census, the population was 101,564 with the City of Ithaca still serving as the county seat. View more demographic information about Tompkins County.
City, Towns, Villages, and Hamlets of Tompkins County
Town of Caroline
- Brooktondale
- Caroline Center
- Caroline Depot
- Slaterville
- Slaterville Springs
- Speedsville
Town of Danby
- Danby
- West Danby
Town of Dryden
- Village of Dryden
- Village of Freeville
- Etna
- Varna
- West Dryden
Town of Enfield
Town of Groton
- Village of Groton
City of Ithaca
Town of Ithaca
- Village of Cayuga Heights
- East Ithaca
- Forest Home
- Northeast Ithaca
- Northwest Ithaca
- South Hill
Town of Lansing
- Village of Lansing
Town of Newfield
- Newfield
Town of Ulysses
- Jacksonville
- Village of Trumansburg
