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

National Register listings: 29

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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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Cortland County Infirmary (1873). 1949 Loring's Crossing Road. Cortlandville. Italianate.
2. Jabez Collins House (c. 1870). 1709 State Route 13. Cortlandville. Italianate.
3. Kinney House (c. 1820). 925 State Route 222. Cortlandville. Federal.
4. *Farm (c. 1895). 2520 East River Road. Homer. Queen Anne.
5. Farm (c. 1885). 5045 State Route 281. Homer. Eastlake.
6. Hitchcock House (c. 1850/1875/1890). 5394 State Route 281. Homer. Second Empire.
7. *Samuel Hathaway House (1844). 3976 State Route 41. Solon. Greek Revival.
8. David Trapp Farm (c. 1875). 262 West State Road. Virgil. Italianate.
9. *Farm (c. 1880). 830 Landers Corners Road. Willet. Second Empire.