Editing Cortland County, New York

{{Short description|County in New York, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Cortland County
 | state                = New York
 | type                 = [[County (United States)|County]]
 | seal                 = Cortland County NYS Seal.png
 | founded              = 1808
 | seat wl              = Cortland
 | flag                 =
 | largest city wl      = Cortland
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 502
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 499
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 2.8
 | area percentage      = 0.5
 | census yr            = 2020
 | pop                  = 46809<ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Population%20Total&g=0400000US36%240500000&d=DEC%20Redistricting%20Data%20%28PL%2094-171%29|access-date=January 2, 2022|title=US Census 2020 Population Dataset Tables for New York|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>
 | density_sq_mi        = 93.8
 | web                  = www.cortland-co.org
 | ex image             = Cortland County Courthouse (Built 1922-1923), Cortland, New York.jpg
 | ex image cap         = Cortland County Courthouse
 | district             = 19th
 | time zone            = Eastern
 | named for            = [[Pierre Van Cortlandt]]
}}

'''Cortland County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the [[U.S. state]] of [[New York (state)|New York]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population of Cortland County was 46,809.<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Cortland County, New York|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/cortlandcountynewyork/PST045221|access-date=January 3, 2022|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> The [[county seat]] is [[Cortland, New York|Cortland]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011}}</ref> The county is named after [[Pierre Van Cortlandt]], president of the convention at [[Kingston, New York|Kingston]] that wrote the first New York State Constitution in 1777, and first lieutenant governor of the state. The county is part of the [[Central New York]] region of the state.

Cortland County comprises the Cortland, NY [[Micropolitan Statistical Area]], which is also included in the [[Ithaca, New York|Ithaca]]–Cortland, NY [[Combined Statistical Area]].

The [[Cortland (apple)|Cortland]] apple is named for the county.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ny.gov/counties/cortland |title=Cortland |publisher=The State of New York |access-date=March 30, 2020 |quote=The Cortland variety of apple is named for the county.}}</ref>

==History==

===Early history===
Located in the glaciated [[Appalachian Plateau]] area of [[Central New York]], midway between [[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse]] and [[Binghamton]], this predominantly rural county is the southeastern gateway to the [[Finger Lakes]] Region. Scattered archaeological evidence indicates the Iroquois also known as the Haudenosaunee controlled the area beginning about AD 1500.

What was to become Cortland County remained within Indian territory until the [[American Revolution]]. It became part of the [[Central New York Military Tract|Military Tract]], when, in 1781, more than 1¼ million acres (5,100&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) were set aside by the State's Legislature to compensate two regiments formed to protect the State's western section from the English and their Iroquois allies, at the close of the Revolution. To encourage settlement in the upstate isolated wilderness, the State constructed a road from Oxford through Cortland County to [[Cayuga Lake]] in 1792–94. This, and construction of privately financed roads, were the major impetus to settlement.

When counties were established in New York in 1683, the present Cortland County was part of [[Albany County, New York|Albany County]], which encompassed the northern part of New York and all of the present State of [[Vermont]], as well as indeterminate territory to west. On March 12, 1772, present day Cortland County became part of [[Tryon County, New York|Tryon County]], named for [[William Tryon]], colonial governor of New York. In 1784, following the peace treaty that ended the [[American Revolutionary War]], the name of the county was changed to honor General [[Richard Montgomery]], who had captured several places in Canada and died attempting to capture the city of [[Quebec]], thus replacing the name of the locally unpopular British governor. Present day Cortland County became part of [[Herkimer County, New York|Herkimer County]] in 1791, then became a part of [[Onondaga County, New York|Onondaga County]] when it split from Herkimer in 1794. Cortland County was formed by the splitting of Onondaga County in 1808.

===Settlement of the county===
Eastern New Yorkers and New Englanders, wanting new land to farm, welcomed the opening of this frontier. The first white settlement in the county was made in 1791 by Amos Todd, Joseph Beebe and Rhoda Todd Beebe, emigrants from Connecticut who paddled up the [[Tioughnioga River]] from Windsor, to live near the head of navigation in the Town of [[Homer]]. Following them came a flood of settlers who, in 1808, petitioned the State Legislature for county status. Thus, Cortland County was created from the southern half of Onondaga County as part of the Boston Ten Towns on April 8, 1808, and was named in honor of the [[Pierre Van Cortlandt]] family - Pierre, Sr. having been the first lieutenant governor of the state.

===Nineteenth century===
[[File:Cortland apples.jpg|thumb|right|The Cortland variety of apple is named for the county.]]
The [[76th New York Volunteer Infantry]] was one of the most famous of the New York units in the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. It was raised in 1861 primarily from Cortland County and the surrounding areas (about a third of the men were from the Cherry Valley area). The 76th was in most of the major battles the Army of the Potomac fought from Second Bull Run through Petersburg, at which time the three-year enlistment of most of the men ran out and the 300 or so men remaining from the 1,100 who left Cortland either returned home or transferred to other units.

At the [[Battle of Gettysburg]], the 76th New York was one of the first infantry regiments on the field, holding down the extreme right of the Union line on the first day. The regiment took huge casualties in that battle - nearly one-third of its strength - including its commander Major Andrew J. Grover, the first infantry officer killed in the battle.

===Modern Cortland County===
Today, Cortland county is noted for the production of [[numerical control|CNC]] [[milling (machining)|milling machines]], hospitality supplies, [[medical device|medical instruments]] and components, [[textiles]], [[electronic component]]s, plastic consumer goods, components for [[NASA]], and a variety of other goods and services. International exporting is an integral part of many of the corporations in the area.

The county's present reflects its past. [[Agribusiness]] flourishes, yet consistent with the pattern elsewhere in New York State, the number of farms has declined while farm size and yield have increased. Continued growth in the service and [[light industry]] sectors is contributing to the growing strength of the [[Central New York]] region and the [[Southern Tier]] region.

The loss of many of its local businesses has led to the current economic decline of the region. [[Cornell University]], [[Syracuse University]], [[Binghamton University]], and [[Ithaca College]] are all within a 45-minute drive of the City of Cortland. The [[State University of New York College at Cortland]] and [[Tompkins Cortland Community College]] are located in the county.

==Government and politics==
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Cortland County is a bellwether county, having voted for the national winner in every presidential election from 1980 to 2016. The city of [[Cortland, New York|Cortland]] itself, the largest city in the county, leans [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]].

[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Ronald Reagan]] scored landslide wins in the county in 1980 and 1984. Democrat [[Bill Clinton]] carried the county with pluralities in 1992 and 1996. Republican [[George W. Bush]] carried the county in 2000 and 2004, defeating [[Al Gore]] by less than 1% in 2000, and [[John Kerry]] by just over 4% in 2004. In 2008, [[Barack Obama]] defeated [[John McCain]] 54-44%, and in 2012 he defeated [[Mitt Romney]] by a similar margin.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/statesub.php?year=2008&fips=36023&f=0&off=0&elect=0|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - State Data}}</ref> The last Democrat to win a majority in Cortland County prior to Obama was [[Lyndon Johnson]] in 1964.

In 2020, Cortland County's streak of voting for the winner ended, as [[Joe Biden]] defeated Republican incumbent [[Donald Trump]]. Had the streak continued, it would have been tied with [[Clallam County, Washington]] for the longest active streak in the nation, as the streaks of longstanding bellwethers [[Valencia County, New Mexico]] and [[Vigo County, Indiana]] also ended in 2020. Cortland was one of five counties in the state that Trump carried by less than 500 votes.

Cortland County's lawmaking body is the legislature, which consists of 17 members. All are elected from single member districts.

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|502|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|499|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|2.8|sqmi}} (0.5%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_36.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519062322/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_36.txt |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 19, 2014 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=January 3, 2015 |date=August 22, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files }}</ref>

Cortland County is sometimes considered to be part of [[Central New York]] and  [[Southern Tier]] regions of New York and is also somewhat to the southwest of the center of New York, south of [[Syracuse, New York|Syracuse]] and north of [[Binghamton, New York|Binghamton]].

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Onondaga County, New York|Onondaga County]] - north
* [[Madison County, New York|Madison County]] - northeast
* [[Chenango County, New York|Chenango County]] - east
* [[Broome County, New York|Broome County]] - south
* [[Tompkins County, New York|Tompkins County]] - west
* [[Tioga County, New York|Tioga County]] - southwest
* [[Cayuga County, New York|Cayuga County]] - northwest

===Major highways===
* [[File:I-81.svg|22px]] [[Interstate 81 in New York|Interstate 81]]
* [[File:US 11.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 11 in New York|U.S. Route 11]]
* [[File:NY-13.svg|20px]] [[New York State Route 13]]
* [[File:NY-41.svg|20px]] [[New York State Route 41]]
* [[File:NY-90.svg|20px]] [[New York State Route 90]]
* [[File:NY-392.svg|22px]] [[New York State Route 392]]

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1810= 8869
|1820= 16507
|1830= 23791
|1840= 24607
|1850= 25140
|1860= 26294
|1870= 25173
|1880= 25825
|1890= 28657
|1900= 27576
|1910= 29249
|1920= 29625
|1930= 31709
|1940= 33668
|1950= 37158
|1960= 41113
|1970= 45894
|1980= 48820
|1990= 48963
|2000= 48599
|2010= 49336
|2020= 46809
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 3, 2015}}</ref><br />1790-1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=January 3, 2015|archive-date=August 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811110448/http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|url-status=dead}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ny190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 3, 2015}}</ref><br />1990-2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 3, 2015}}</ref> 2010-2020<ref name="QF"/>
}}

=== 2020 Census ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Cortland County Racial Composition<ref>{{Cite web|title =P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Cortland County, New York|url= https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Cortland%20County,%20New%20York&t=Race%20and%20Ethnicity&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (NH)
|40,801
|87.16%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (NH)
|829
|1.8%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]] (NH)
|113
|0.24%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]] (NH)
|1,018
|2.17%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]] (NH)
|6
|0.01%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]] (NH)
|2,384
|5.1%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|1,658
|3.54%
|}

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 48,599 people, 18,210 households, and 11,617 families residing in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|97|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people|}}. There were 20,116 housing units at an average density of {{convert|40|/mi2|/km2|adj=pre|units&nbsp;}}. The racial makeup of the county was 96.95% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 0.86% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.27% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.41% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.01% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.32% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.18% from two or more races. 1.16% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race. 17.3% were of English, 16.9% Irish, 14.2% German, 13.0% Italian and 9.9% American ancestry according to [[Census 2000]]. 96.0% spoke English and 1.4% Spanish as their first language.

There were 18,210 households, out of which 31.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.20% were married couples living together, 10.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.20% were non-families. 26.50% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.00.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 23.70% under the age of 18, 15.50% from 18 to 24, 26.50% from 25 to 44, 21.80% from 45 to 64, and 12.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 93.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $34,364, and the median income for a family was $42,204. Males had a median income of $30,814 versus $22,166 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $16,622. About 9.30% of families and 15.50% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 16.40% of those under age 18 and 10.80% of those age 65 or over.

As of 2014 the largest self-reported ancestry groups in Cortland County, New York were:
* English - 17.7%
* Irish - 12.9%
* German - 11.9%
* Italian - 8.8%
* "American" - 6.9%
* French (except Basque) - 2.8%
* Dutch - 2.7%
* Polish - 2.2%
* Scottish - 2.1%<ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/14_5YR/DP02/0500000US36023|title=American FactFinder - Results|publisher=United States Census Bureau|website=factfinder.census.gov|access-date=April 5, 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213015708/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/14_5YR/DP02/0500000US36023|archive-date=February 13, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>

As of 2015 the largest self-reported ancestry groups in Cortland County, New York were:
* English - 18.8%
* Irish - 12.3%
* German - 10.8%
* Italian - 8.1%
* "American" - 7.3%
* Dutch - 2.5%
* Scottish - 2.3%
* French (except Basque) - 2.2%
* Polish - 2.1%<ref>{{cite web|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/15_5YR/DP02/0500000US36023|title=American FactFinder - Results|publisher=United States Census Bureau|website=factfinder.census.gov|access-date=April 5, 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213040649/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/15_5YR/DP02/0500000US36023|archive-date=February 13, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>

As of 2016 the largest self-reported ancestry groups in Cortland County, New York were:
* English - 19.8%
* Irish - 11.9%
* German - 10.2%
* Italian - 8.0%
* "American" - 6.9%
* Dutch - 2.4%
* Scottish - 2.0%
* French (except Basque) - 2.3%
* Polish - 2.1%<ref>{{cite web|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/16_5YR/DP02/0500000US36023|title=American FactFinder - Results|publisher=United States Census Bureau|website=factfinder.census.gov|access-date=April 5, 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213035543/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/16_5YR/DP02/0500000US36023|archive-date=February 13, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Education==
Area schools include:
* [[State University of New York at Cortland]]
* [[Tompkins Cortland Community College]]
* Cincinnatus Central School District
* [[Cortland City School District]]
* Homer Central School District
* Marathon Central School District
* McGraw Central School District

==Communities==

===Larger settlements===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!#
!Location
!Population
!Type
!Town(s) within
|-
|1
|†[[Cortland, New York|Cortland]]
|19,204
|City
|[[Cortlandville, New York|Cortlandville]]
|-
|2
|[[Homer (village), New York|Homer]]
|3,291
|Village
|Cortlandville, [[Homer, New York|Homer]]
|-
|3
|[[Munsons Corners, New York|Munsons Corners]]
|2,728
|CDP
|Cortlandville
|-
|4
|[[Cortland West, New York|Cortland West]]
|1,356
|CDP
|Cortlandville
|-
|5
|[[McGraw, New York|McGraw]]
|1,053
|Village
|Cortlandville
|-
|6
|[[Marathon (village), New York|Marathon]]
|919
|Village
|[[Marathon, New York|Marathon]]
|-
|7
|[[Blodgett Mills, New York|Blodgett Mills]]
|303
|CDP
|Cortlandville
|-
|8
|[[Virgil (CDP), New York|Virgil]]
|298
|CDP
|[[Virgil, New York|Virgil]]
|}

===Towns===
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* [[Cincinnatus, New York|Cincinnatus]]
* [[Cortlandville, New York|Cortlandville]]
* [[Cuyler, New York|Cuyler]]
* [[Freetown, New York|Freetown]]
* [[Harford, New York|Harford]]
* [[Homer, New York|Homer]]
* [[Lapeer, New York|Lapeer]]
* [[Marathon, New York|Marathon]]
* [[Preble, New York|Preble]]
* [[Scott, New York|Scott]]
* [[Solon, New York|Solon]]
* [[Taylor, New York|Taylor]]
* [[Truxton, New York|Truxton]]
* [[Virgil, New York|Virgil]]
* [[Willet, New York|Willet]]
{{div col end}}

==Notable people==
* [[William Dillon]], composer, lyricist, and vaudevillian
* [[Ronnie James Dio]], former frontman for [[Rainbow (English band)|Rainbow]] and [[Black Sabbath]]; a street in the city of Cortland is named for him (Dio Way)
* [[Nancy Duffy]], Syracuse news personality; founder of the Syracuse [[St. Patrick]]'s Day Parade
* [[John McGraw]], Hall of Fame Major League Baseball player and manager from the town of [[Truxton, New York|Truxton]]
* [[Alton B. Parker]], Democratic candidate for president in 1904
* [[Arthur C. Sidman]], playwright and vaudevillian
* [[Elmer Ambrose Sperry]], prolific inventor who invented gyroscopic compass and held over 400 patents; the USS ''Sperry'' is named after him
* [[Sam "Trips" Tripoli]], prolific comedian and podcaster who spawned the careers of several comedians and podcasters

==See also==
{{Portal|New York (state)}}

* [[List of counties in New York]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Cortland County, New York]]
* [[Svend O. Heiberg Memorial Forest]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite Q|Q114149636|p=737-42|chapter=Chapter VI. Cortland County.
 |editor=Sullivan, James
 |editor2=Williams, Melvin E.
 |editor3=Conklin, Edwin P.
 |editor4=Fitzpatrick, Benedict
}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.cortland-co.org/|Cortland County official website}}
* [http://www.grotonweather.com Weather forecast for Cortland County]
* [http://www.cortlandbusiness.com/ Cortland County Economic Development]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040330230258/http://cortlandchamber.com/ Cortland County Chamber of Commerce]
* [http://www.cortlandtourism.com/ Cortland County Convention & Visitors Bureau]
* [https://archive.today/20130111075634/http://history.rays-place.com/ny/cty-cortland.htm Early history of Cortland County and its towns] 
* [http://aerial-ny.library.cornell.edu/ny/ Cortland County Historical Aerial Photographs of New York ], Cornell University Library & Cornell Institute for Resource Information Sciences
* [http://webhost1.cortland.edu/cph/ Cortland public history] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180813210636/http://webhost1.cortland.edu/cph/ |date=August 13, 2018 }}

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{{Geographic Location
|Centre    = Cortland County, New York
|North     = [[Onondaga County, New York|Onondaga County]]
|Northeast = [[Madison County, New York|Madison County]]
|East      = [[Chenango County, New York|Chenango County]]
|Southeast = [[Broome County, New York|Broome County]]
|South     =
|Southwest = [[Tompkins County, New York|Tompkins County]] and [[Tioga County, New York|Tioga County]]
|West      =
|Northwest = [[Cayuga County, New York|Cayuga County]]
}}

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