Tompkins County

E19035

administrative territorial entity county

Tompkins County is a county in central New York State best known for encompassing the city of Ithaca and being home to Cornell University and Ithaca College.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Tompkins County, New York	45
Tompkins County canonical	11
Tompkins County government	4
Tompkins County region	3

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T55892 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Tompkins County
Context triple: [Ithaca, New York, United States, county, Tompkins County]

A. Saratoga County
Saratoga County is a county in eastern New York State known for the city of Saratoga Springs, its historic horse racing track, and its role in the American Revolutionary War.
B. Albany County
Albany County is a county in eastern New York State that includes the state capital, Albany, and serves as a political, economic, and cultural hub of the region.
C. Rensselaer County
Rensselaer County is a county in eastern New York State, located along the Hudson River opposite Albany and known for its mix of urban centers, suburbs, and rural communities.
D. Ulster County
Ulster County is a county in southeastern New York State known for its Catskill Mountains scenery, historic towns, and outdoor recreation.
E. Greene County, New York
Greene County, New York is a largely rural county in eastern New York State known for its scenic Catskill Mountains, outdoor recreation, and historic Hudson River communities.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Tompkins County
Target entity description: Tompkins County is a county in central New York State best known for encompassing the city of Ithaca and being home to Cornell University and Ithaca College.

A. Saratoga County
Saratoga County is a county in eastern New York State known for the city of Saratoga Springs, its historic horse racing track, and its role in the American Revolutionary War.
B. Albany County
Albany County is a county in eastern New York State that includes the state capital, Albany, and serves as a political, economic, and cultural hub of the region.
C. Rensselaer County
Rensselaer County is a county in eastern New York State, located along the Hudson River opposite Albany and known for its mix of urban centers, suburbs, and rural communities.
D. Ulster County
Ulster County is a county in southeastern New York State known for its Catskill Mountains scenery, historic towns, and outdoor recreation.
E. Greene County, New York
Greene County, New York is a largely rural county in eastern New York State known for its scenic Catskill Mountains, outdoor recreation, and historic Hudson River communities.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative territorial entity ⓘ county ⓘ
borderedBy	Cayuga Lake ⓘ
contains	Ithaca, New York, United States ⓘ surface form: City of Ithaca Cornell University ⓘ Ithaca College ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
FIPSCode	36xxx (Tompkins County specific code) ⓘ
GNISFeatureID	Tompkins County GNIS ID ⓘ
governmentType	county government ⓘ
hasAirport	Ithaca Tompkins International Airport ⓘ
hasCity	Ithaca metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: Ithaca Ithaca, New York, United States ⓘ surface form: Ithaca, New York
hasCourthouse	Tompkins County Courthouse ⓘ
hasEconomicSector	education ⓘ research ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasHigherEducationCluster	Ithaca area colleges and universities ⓘ
hasLakeShore	Cayuga Lake ⓘ
hasMajorEducationalInstitution	Cornell University ⓘ Ithaca College ⓘ
hasPrimaryCity	Ithaca metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: Ithaca
hasTown	Caroline ⓘ Danby ⓘ Dryden ⓘ Enfield ⓘ Groton ⓘ Ithaca, New York, United States ⓘ surface form: Ithaca (town) Lansing ⓘ Newfield ⓘ Ulysses ⓘ
hasVillage	Cayuga Heights ⓘ Dryden ⓘ Groton ⓘ Lansing ⓘ
knownFor	Cornell University ⓘ Ithaca College ⓘ higher education ⓘ
locatedIn	Central New York ⓘ New York ⓘ surface form: New York State United States Northeast region ⓘ
namedAfter	Daniel D. Tompkins ⓘ
observesDaylightSavingTime	yes ⓘ
partOf	U.S. state of New York ⓘ surface form: State of New York
region	Finger Lakes ⓘ
seat	Ithaca metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: Ithaca
state	New York ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (63)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ithaca, New York, United States → county → Tompkins County ⓘ

Ithaca, New York, United States → isSeatOf → Tompkins County ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tompkins County government

Tompkins Cortland Community College extension center → locatedIn → Tompkins County ⓘ