named after a Lansing, New York

Lansing, NY is just north of Ithaca (where the Odyssey ended). Lansing is one of the nine towns that make up Tompkins County. Within the Town of Lansing is the Village of South Lansing. If you're driving north out of Ithaca up the east side of Cayuga Lake you get to a sign the welcomes you to Lansing. Drive a little farther north and you see a sign welcoming you to South Lansing.

Go a little farther up the lake and you will reach Aurora, NY. This is about dead center in the state. About three hours west, near Buffalo, NY is the Town of East Aurora, NY.

Homer, NY, BTW, is about a half hour northeast of Ithaca.