The story so far
from the U.S. CensusBetween the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 628 to 601 (-4%). Half of its homes were built before 1979.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Cortlandt yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cortlandt’s history is told.
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Cortlandt, decade by decade
Before
2000
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Cortlandt is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Cortlandt has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is William C. and Anna Krueger Barn in Pembrook, 8.4 miles away.
Cortlandt and the nearest listed places
Dashed line = Cortlandt. Tap a dot.
How a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. William C. and Anna Krueger Barn’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Cortlandt?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Cortlandt’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.