Newfield and Danby), and the Town of Hector was subtracted in 1854 when Schuyler County was formed. But why Tompkins? Daniel Tompkins had been born in Scarsdale, New York, graduated from Columbia ...

Here are 9 towns in New York's Finger Lakes with vibrant downtowns. History is aplenty in this Seneca County town located between the northern end of Seneca and Cayuga lakes. Known as the ...

Tompkins isn't the only 200th birthday today. The first Town Meeting ... the future." The county was named in honor of Daniel D. Tompkins, who served as governor of New York and vice president ...