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Trumansburg is a village in Tompkins County, New York, United States. The population was 1,797 at the 2010 census. The publish incorporates a misspelling of the surname of the founder, Abner Treman. The Tremans spelled their surname several substitute ways; “Truman,” however, was not one of them. The village’s application for a make known office established the gift spelling. The Village of Trumansburg is located within the Town of Ulysses and is northwest of Ithaca, New York.

The village was incorporated in 1872, in the former Central New York Military Tract. The village was originally named “Tremaine’s Village”, after an to the front settler, Abner Tremaine (Tremain, Treman), who was arranged the estate for his encouragement in the American Revolutionary War. The village was built re a cascade upon the creek that provided talent for grain mills.

In the 19th century Trumansburg was dominated by Col. Hermon Camp, an bureaucrat in the War of 1812 who established in what was to become the village. For many years he was the local postmaster, and founded a bank, now the Tompkins Trust Company, the largest bank in the county. His imposing and elegant Greek Revival style home remains the largest in the village. The Hermon Camp House was listed upon the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. Also listed on the National Register of Historic Places are the First Presbyterian Church of Ulysses, William Austin House, Indian Fort Road Site, and Second Baptist Society of Ulysses.