Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- County
- DeKalb
- Incorporated
- February 16, 1865 ( 1865-02-16 )
- Mayor
- Mark Pietrowski
- Total
- 3.66 sq mi (9.47 km )
- Land
- 3.65 sq mi (9.45 km )
- Water
- 0.0077 sq mi (0.02 km )
- Elevation
- 869 ft (265 m)
- Density
- 1,205.3/sq mi (465.37/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 ( CDT )
- Fips code
- 17-16470
- Website
- www .cortlandil .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Cortland
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- DeKalb County
- Population
- 4398
- Area
- 9.421341
- Elevation
- 265
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Households
- 1419
- Dialing code
- 815
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- inception
- 1865-01-01
- water as percent of area
- 0.2146
- different from
- Chardon
- per capita income
- 32578
- postal code
- 60112
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Encyclopedic overview
Cortland is an incorporated town in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,398 at the 2020 Census. It was previously 4,270 at the 2010 census, up from 2,066 in 2000. Because of its status as an incorporated town, Cortland has adopted the slogan, "The Third Largest Town in Illinois". Only the towns of Cicero and Normal are larger, in terms of population. Most municipalities in Illinois are defined as "cities" or "villages."
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cortland” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.