Ithaca, Michigan

Ithaca, Michigan
City
Downtown Ithaca, Michigan
Coordinates: 43°17′28″N 84°36′11″W / 43.29111°N 84.60306°W / 43.29111; -84.60306
Country	United States
State	Michigan
County	Gratiot
Founded	1855
Incorporated	1869 (village) 1961 (city)
Government
• Mayor	Alice Schafer [1]
• City Manager	Jamey Conn[2]
Area [3]
• Total	5.88 sq mi (15.24 km2)
• Land	5.72 sq mi (14.82 km2)
• Water	0.16 sq mi (0.41 km2)
Elevation	794 ft (242 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	2,853
• Density	498.43/sq mi (192.45/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	48847
Area code	989
FIPS code	26-41340[4]
GNIS feature ID	0629141[5]
Website	www.ithacami.com/1/260/index.asp

Ithaca is a city and the county seat of Gratiot County, Michigan. It is located very near the geographical center of the state's lower peninsula. The population was 2,910 at the 2010 census.^[6] Ithaca is run as a council-manager government. It sits at the conjunction of four townships in the center of the county: Emerson Township to the northeast, Arcada Township to the northwest, Newark Township to the southwest, and North Star Township to the southeast, but is administratively autonomous.