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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New York
- County
- Cortland
- Settled
- 1791 ; 235 years ago ( 1791 )
- Incorporated village
- 1853 ; 173 years ago ( 1853 )
- Rechartered
- 1864 ; 162 years ago ( 1864 )
- Incorporated city
- 1900 ; 126 years ago ( 1900 )
- Type
- Mayor-Council
- Mayor
- Scott Steve ( R )
- Common council
- Members' List • W1: Kat McCarthy ( D ) • W2: Katy Silliman ( D ) • W3: Gary Thomas ( D ) • W4: John Bennett ( D ) • W5: Bill Carpenter ( D ) • W6: Carlos Ferrer ( D ) • W7: Troy Beckwith ( D ) • W8: Thomas Michales ( R )
- Total
- 3.92 sq mi (10.14 km )
- Land
- 3.90 sq mi (10.09 km )
- Water
- 0.019 sq mi (0.05 km )
- Elevation
- 1,129 ft (344 m)
- Density
- 4,508.5/sq mi (1,740.74/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 36-18388
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Cortland
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Cortland County
- Population
- 17556
- Area
- 10.137264
- Elevation
- 344
- Capital of
- Cortland County
- Shares border with
- Cortlandville
- Official website
- cortland.org
- Image
- Downtown Cortland.JPG
- Households
- 6656
- Dialing code
- 607
- Significant event
- 1900
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- Commons category
- Cortland, New York
- postal code
- 13045
- inception
- 1791-01-01
- nickname
- Crown City
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- different from
- Cortlandt
- water as percent of area
- 0.5119
- per capita income
- 22598
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Cortland, New York
Sources (12)
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Encyclopedic overview
Cortland is a city and the county seat of Cortland County, New York, United States. Known as the Crown City, Cortland is in New York's Southern Tier region. As of 2024, the estimated population of Cortland, New York, is 17,196, reflecting a decline of approximately 1.82% since the 2020 census, which recorded 17,515 residents.
The city of Cortland, near the county's western border, is surrounded by the town of Cortlandville.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cortland” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.