Because of its status as an incorporated town, Cortland has adopted the slogan, "The Third Largest Town in Illinois." Only the towns of Cicero and Normal are larger, in terms of population.
Samuel Ringgold Ward, African American who escaped enslavement to become an abolitionist, newspaper editor and Congregational minister
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Catherine Bertini, longtime global leader in food aid distribution.
The family settled at Skaneateles, N.Y. Later he moved to Cortland, New York and in 1869, he established the Cortland Wagon Company which manfacturered carriages, wagons and bicycles.
Norm Wallman (born February 6, 1938) is a member of the Nebraska Legislature from Cortland, Nebraska.
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He was born at Willet, Cortland county, N.Y., October 18, 1834 the son of a wheelwright.
Shillinglaw, former Army and Cortland State coach Jack Emmer, as well as former Penn State coach Glenn Thiel are the only coaches in NCAA lacrosse history to coach 500 games.
Adjacent to the State University of New York at Cortland, located at 110 Tompkins Street, and a included in the Tompkins Street-Main Street Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places, the cemetery has over 19,000 individual graves on its grounds, including those of many notable figures in Cortland's history.
His former quarterback, Peter Dorset, was coaching small-fry football in Cortland, New York, when he spotted Gary Wood as a potential Cornell players.
Old Homer Village Historic District, Homer, New York, NRHP-listed, in Cortland County
He attended the South Cortland district school, Cortland Academy (in Homer) and Oberlin College in Ohio.
Silverman, born in Cortland, New York, was the publisher and editor of Variety until his death from a heart attack at the Ambassador Hotel on Wilshire Boulevard soon after launching the daily.
Two years after moving into the new house, in 1849, Myers merged The Northern Star with another upstate abolitionist newspaper, The True American, published by Samuel Ringgold Ward in Cortland.
Speculation exists that the line could be extended from Elburn west through Maple Park and Cortland to DeKalb.
Norm Wallman, member of the Nebraska Legislature from Cortland, Nebraska
WSUC-FM, a radio station (90.5 FM) licensed to Cortland, New York, United States