Cortland, New York
Cortland, New York Overlooking downtown Cortland from I-81 Overlooking downtown Cortland from I-81 Location in Cortland County and the state of New York Location in Cortland County and the state of New York State New York County Cortland Cortland is a town/city in Cortland County, New York, United States of America.
Cortland is in New York's Southern Tier region.
As of the 2010 census, the town/city had a populace of 19,204. It is the governmental center of county of Cortland County. The town/city of Cortland, near the border of the county, is surrounded by the town of Cortlandville.
The town/city is inside the former Central New York Military Tract.
The town/city is titled after Pierre Van Cortlandt, the first lieutenant governor of the state of New York. Cortland, settled in 1791, was made a village in 1853 (rechartered in 1864), and was incorporated as a town/city in 1900 as the 41st town/city in New York state.
When the county was formed in 1808, Cortland vied with other villages and won the status of becoming the county seat.
Known as the "Crown City" because of its locale on a plain formed by the convergence of seven valleys, Cortland is situated at 1,130 feet (340 m) above sea level.
Forty stars representing the 40 metros/cities incorporated before Cortland circle the State of New York and Crown on the city's official seal.
The seven points of the crown problematic seven valleys depicting Cortland's seven encircling valleys.
The 41st star in the center of the crown illustrates Cortland as the closest incorporated town/city to the geographic center of New York.
The dominant trade in Cortland in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century was the Wickwire Brothers wire drawing mill, noted for its manufacturing of wire hardware cloth for use as window screens.
The Victorian Chateauesque style home of Chester Wickwire is now the 1890 House Museum & Center for Victorian Arts, while the 1912 home of Charles Wickwire is now owned and directed by the SUNY Cortland Alumni Association. It is open to the enhance as well as being used by the Alumni Association to host college-related affairs and home visiting dignitaries. Cortland was also home to Brockway Motor Company, a pioneering truck manufacturer.
Cortland also boasts a classic octagon home and the still-operating, garden-type Cortland Rural Cemetery.
In 1868 Cortland became the home of the Cortland Normal School, now the State University of New York at Cortland.
In 2006, Cortland's historic clock fortress burned down.
The Cortland County Courthouse, Cortland County Poor Farm, Cortland Fire Headquarters, Cortland Free Library, First Presbyterian Church Complex, William J.
Greenman House, Randall Farm, Tompkins Street Historic District, Unitarian Universalist Church, and United States Post Office are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A street in Cortland is titled for him (Dio Way).
Nancy Duffy, Syracuse news personality and founder of the Syracuse St.
Chester Gillette, convicted of the 1906 murder of his girlfriend, Grace Brown of Cortland, in a highly publicized and controversial trial.
Nathan Lewis Miller, former governor of New York Cortland is positioned in west-central Cortland County at 42 36 2 N 76 10 53 W (42.600658, 76.181284). Cortland lies between Syracuse, New York and Binghamton, New York.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 3.92 square miles (10.14 km2), of which 3.90 square miles (10.09 km2) is territory and 0.02 square miles (0.05 km2), or 0.51%, is water. Route 11, and New York State Route 281 are north-south highways servicing the city.
New York State Route 13 and New York State Route 41 also serve the city.
Local enhance transit by bus is provided by Cortland Transit. Greyhound provides the town/city with intercity bus service with connections to Syracuse, Binghamton, and points beyond.
Air service is provided by Cortland County Airport positioned west of the city.
Climate data for Cortland, New York Average snowy days ( 0.1 in) 9.1 7.0 4.5 1.7 0 0 0 0 0 .1 3.2 7.6 33.2 In the city, the populace was spread out with 18.3% under the age of 18, 28.4% from 18 to 24, 23.6% from 25 to 44, 16.8% from 45 to 64, and 12.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
As of 2015 the biggest self-reported lineage groups in Cortland, New York were: Cortland, New York Downtown Cortland The government of Cortland consists of a mayor, who is propel at large, and a town/city council consisting of eight members.
In summer 2009, the New York Jets training camp was moved to Cortland from its traditional home at Hofstra University in Hempstead.
The team positioned their operations at the State University of New York, Cortland campus.
The camp drew in 34,000 visitors and brought nearly $4.26 million to the small-town economy. In 2010, the Jets signed a 3-year contract with SUNY Cortland to continue their partnership.
New York portal Cortland County, New York Cortlandville, New York a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Cortland city, New York".
SUNY(State University of New York) Cortland Alumni House Home, Way2 - Go Cortland.
"Climatology of the United States No.
20: CORTLAND, NY 1971 2000" (PDF).
"Monthly Averages for Cortland, NY (13045)".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
City of Cortland official website Cortland City School District SUNY Cortland College Early history of Cortland region Cortland company guide Cortland Rural Cemetery Cortland Historical Society Municipalities and communities of Cortland County, New York, United States State of New York
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