Ithaca (town), New York

Ithaca
Town
Town of Ithaca
Ithaca Town Hall, on North Tioga Street.
Seal
The Town of Ithaca surrounds but does not include the City of Ithaca
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Coordinates: 42°27′23″N 76°29′35″W / 42.45639°N 76.49306°W / 42.45639; -76.49306
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Tompkins
Founded	1821
Named for	Ithaca
Government
• Type	Mayor–council
• Body	Ithaca Town Board
• Town Supervisor	Bill Goodman (D)
• Ithaca Town Board	Members: • Bill Goodman (D), Supervisor • Pamela Bleiwas • Rich DePaolo • Rod Howe • Tee-Ann Hunter • Pat Leary • Eric Levine (D)
Area [1]
• Town	30.29 sq mi (78.5 km2)
• Land	28.95 sq mi (75.0 km2)
• Water	1.34 sq mi (3.5 km2)
• Urban	24.581 sq mi (63.66 km2)
• Metro	474.649 sq mi (1,229.34 km2)
Elevation	968 ft (295 m)
Population  (2020) †town proper
• Town	22,283
• Density	707.94/sq mi (273.34/km2)
• Urban	53,661
• Urban density	2,200/sq mi (840/km2)
• Metro	101,564
• Metro density	210/sq mi (83/km2)
Demonym	Ithacan
Time zone	UTC−5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	14850, 14851, 14852
Area code	607
FIPS code	36-38088
GNIS feature IDs	979100, 970238
Website	www.town.ithaca.ny.us

Ithaca is a town in Tompkins County, New York, United States. The town's population was 22,283 at the 2020 census.^[2] The town is in the central part of the county, in the Finger Lakes–Southern Tier region of New York, and is part of the Ithaca Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Town of Ithaca is a horseshoe-shaped portion of the metropolitan area of Ithaca, New York, surrounding the City of Ithaca and being the city's only border. Ithaca College is located in the South Hill section of the town.