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History · East Ithaca

1 of East Ithaca’s places is on the National Register

Most of East Ithaca was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978. Below: maps from 1900 on.

1on the National Register
2%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about East Ithaca’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of East Ithaca are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 19005 editions of the USGS map, 1900 to 1978. Watch East Ithaca change.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how East Ithaca’s history is told.

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On the map

East Ithaca on the map, 1900 to 1978

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of East Ithaca. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

East Ithaca on the 1900 USGS mapEast Ithaca on the 1949 USGS mapEast Ithaca on the 1951 USGS mapEast Ithaca on the 1969 USGS mapEast Ithaca on the 1978 USGS map1900Dryden sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of East Ithaca.

The story so far

East Ithaca, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of East Ithaca yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

East Ithaca is a suburban community and CDP in Tompkins County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, East Ithaca had a population of 3,175. East Ithaca is a suburb of the City of Ithaca on its eastern city line and in the Town of Ithaca. East Ithaca is immediately south of the main campus of Cornell University.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 2,231 to 3,175 (+42%).

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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No old photos in the archives yet

Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the National Register

1 historic place in East Ithaca

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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National Historic Landmarks
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each building in a district counts

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to East Ithaca

Nobody well known was born in East Ithaca itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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John D. RockefellerAmerican industrialist and philanthropist · b. 1839
David Foster WallaceAmerican fiction writer and essayist · b. 1962
Alex HaleyAmerican biographer, screenwriter, and novelist · b. 1921
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Susan KareAmerican artist and graphic designer · b. 1954
Margaret GellerAmerican astronomer · b. 1947
Kyle DakeAmerican wrestler · b. 1991
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

South HillIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townIthaca29 historic placesA

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.