Ithaca, Michigan | |
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Coordinates: 43°17′28″N 84°36′11″W / 43.29111°N 84.60306°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Michigan |
County | Gratiot |
Founded | 1855 |
Incorporated | 1869 (village) 1961 (city) |
Government | |
• Mayor | Alice Schafer [1] |
• City Manager | Jamey Conn[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 5.88 sq mi (15.24 km2) |
• Land | 5.72 sq mi (14.82 km2) |
• Water | 0.16 sq mi (0.41 km2) |
Elevation | 794 ft (242 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 2,853 |
• Density | 498.43/sq mi (192.45/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code | 48847 |
Area code | 989 |
FIPS code | 26-41340[4] |
GNIS feature ID | 0629141[5] |
Website | www |
Ithaca is a city and the county seat of Gratiot County, Michigan. It is located very near the geographical center of the state's lower peninsula. The population was 2,910 at the 2010 census.[6] Ithaca is run as a council-manager government. It sits at the conjunction of four townships in the center of the county: Emerson Township to the northeast, Arcada Township to the northwest, Newark Township to the southwest, and North Star Township to the southeast, but is administratively autonomous.