Cortland County, New York

Founding: 1808
Parent county: Onondaga

Namesake: Pierre Van Cortlandt, New York politician
Seat: Cortland (1808–)

Land area: 499 square miles

Population (2020): 46,809

Population (historic): 8,869 (1810); 24,607 (1840); 25,163 (1870); 27,576 (1900); 31,709 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1860; 1870–1890; 1900–1990; 2000s

Subdivisions: One city; three villages; four CDPs; 15 towns

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 8,925 (43%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 78.3%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 32.1%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,664
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,943
Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.9 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,315
Average farm size (1920): 80.3 acres
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Cortland

Namesake: Pierre Van Cortlandt, New York politician

Founding: circa 1791 (founding); 1814 (post office); 1853 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 17,556

Population (historic): 3,066 (1870); 8,590 (1890); 11,504 (1910); 15,043 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870–1980; 2000s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 4,686 (58.9%)
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