Place:Cortland, Trumbull, Ohio, United States

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NameCortland
Alt namesBaconsburgsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS39004138
Baconsburghsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS39004138
Leroysource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS39004138
TypeCity
Coordinates41.331°N 80.722°W
Located inTrumbull, Ohio, United States     (1874 - )
Also located inBazetta, Trumbull, Ohio, United States    
Fowler, Trumbull, Ohio, United States    
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Hillside Cemetery
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source: Family History Library Catalog


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Cortland is a city in Trumbull County, Ohio, United States located on the eastern shore of Mosquito Creek Reservoir 19 miles north of Youngstown. Walnut Run is the creek that runs through town. The population was 7,104 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Cortland became a village in 1874 with the construction of a railroad depot. It became a city in 1980 when its population exceeded 5,000 people.

The area was once known as Baconsburg, after Samuel Bacon, who built a sawmill and several buildings in the area during the early 19th century.

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