Talk:Tompkins County, New York

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Actually, cities are not within towns in NY, except in a geographical sense; the same is true for villages. Cities and Villages are part of the state, not the towns or even the counties.

misleading date?
The sidebar and text disagree about the foundation date for the county; pretty sure text is right. I'm going to double-check this, and then correct it. (I live in the City of Ithaca)

Asrabkin 07:37, 7 January 2007 (UTC)


 * I called the County Clerk today to ask what date the county was formed in 1817 (doing genealogy & it matters to my records). I was transferred to the Legislature Office and was told that TC was offcially created on 7 Apr 1817 and the first government meeting was held on 28 Apr 1817. If you want me to cite that, I would be glad to, but how would I do it? Wordreader (talk) 18:27, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
 * All claims made on Wikipedia must be verifiable. An unrecorded phone call to a nameless government employee does not meet the criteria for a reliable source.  Note that while your claim that the date is "7 Apr 1817" fails verification according to a search of Google Books, the works appearing in those search results would make excellent citations to accompany the correct (and verifiable) date.  -- DanielPenfield (talk) 21:22, 4 August 2011 (UTC)