Welcome to South Lansing ...

South Lansing is located in Tompkins County<1>.

The location of South Lansing has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of South Lansing, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1828.

A typical abbreviation for South Lansing: S. Lansing

South Lansing is 840 feet [256 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The area code for South Lansing: (607)

Websites for South Lansing ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.tccofc.org/

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

Communities Also Named South Lansing ...

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

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

Communities near South Lansing ...

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

• Ithaca
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ithaca
  • Ithaca is located in Tompkins County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,981 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ithaca <4>
• Cortland
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cortland
  • Cortland is located in Cortland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,455 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cortland <4>
• Lansing
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lansing have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansing
  • Lansing is located in Tompkins County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,866 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lansing <4>
• Cayuga Heights
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cayuga Heights have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
  • Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
• Homer
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homer
  • Homer is located in Cortland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,080 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Homer <4>
• Groton
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Groton
  • Groton is located in Tompkins County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,156 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Groton <4>
• Dryden
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dryden have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dryden
  • Dryden is located in Tompkins County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,996 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dryden <4>
• Trumansburg
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trumansburg
  • Trumansburg is located in Tompkins County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,669 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trumansburg <4>
• Moravia
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moravia
  • Moravia is located in Cayuga County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,198 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moravia <4>
• Aurora
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Aurora
  • Aurora is located in Cayuga County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 671 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Aurora <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for South Lansing ...

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

Adding South Lansing to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the South Lansing post office opened in 1828.

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

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

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for South Lansing. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Tompkins County: www.co.tompkins.ny.us/

The official website for State of New York: https://www.ny.gov/