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About Ithaca

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.A college town, Ithaca is home to Cornell University, an Ivy League university, and Ithaca College. Nearby in Dryden, New York is Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3).It was home to Native Americans. Ithaca was the site of film studios during the silent era. It had an orphan's home and trolley. == History == === 17th century === Native Americans lived in this area for thousands of years. When reached by Europeans, this area was controlled by the Cayuga tribe of Indians, one of the Five Civilized Tribes or Iroquois League. Jesuit missionaries from New France in present-day Quebec had a mission to convert the Cayuga as early as 1657.