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Welcome to Itaska ...

Itaska is located in Broome County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Itaska, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1890.

Itaska is 930 feet [283 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Itaska lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Itaska: 607

Communities Also Named Itaska ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Itaska - it's located in Minnesota.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Itaska.

Communities near Itaska ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Itaska.

  • Binghamton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Johnson City
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Endicott
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Port Dickinson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Port Dickinson have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Dickinson
    • Port Dickinson is located in Broome County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,510 people
  • Greene
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Greene have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greene
    • Greene is located in Chenango County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,391 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Greene <3>
  • Oxford
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Newark Valley
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Whitney Point
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Marathon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Marathon have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marathon
    • Marathon is located in Cortland County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 853 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marathon <3>
  • Lisle
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Itaska. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Itaska.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Itaska. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Itaska.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Itaska. See our Newspapers Page for Itaska.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Itaska ...

Looking for more information about Itaska? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Itaska, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Itaska.

Adding Itaska to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Itaska in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Itaska was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Itaska post office opened in 1890.

We also found Itaska in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Itaska.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Broome, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Itaska - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/