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Welcome to North Lansing ...

North Lansing is located in Tompkins County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of North Lansing, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1826.

A typical abbreviation for North Lansing: N. Lansing

North Lansing is 1,000 feet [305 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for North Lansing: 607

Communities Also Named North Lansing ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named North Lansing - it's located in Michigan.

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

Websites for North Lansing ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.tccofc.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to North Lansing, the following might be of interest:

Communities near North Lansing ...

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

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 North Lansing. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for North Lansing.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of North Lansing. 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 North Lansing.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for North Lansing ...

Looking for more information about North Lansing? 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 North Lansing, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for North Lansing.

Adding North Lansing to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of North Lansing 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 North Lansing was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the North Lansing post office opened in 1826.

We also found North Lansing in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for North Lansing.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Tompkins, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around North Lansing - 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/