Cortlandt

Cortlandt is a town in northwestern corner of , . The town includes two villages — and Buchanan — as well as the hamlets of Montrose, Crugers and Verplanck.
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  • Type: Town with 42,500 residents
  • Description: town in Westchester County, New York, USA
  • Also known as: Cortland”, “Cortlandt, New York”, “Cortlandt, NY”, “Town of Cortlandt”, and “Town of Cortlandt, New York

Places of Interest

Highlights include McAndrews Estate and Cortlandt station.

Nature reserve
The is part of Oscawana Park, located in the area of the Town of Cortlandt in northern . Once a large working farm and estate, it is now unincorporated park land and contains a number of ruins.

Railway station
is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Hudson Line, located in . Trains leave for every hour on weekdays, and about every 25 minutes during rush hour.

Lighthouse
Photo: Tony, CC BY 2.0.
The is the oldest lighthouse on the . It is located at the in . The lighthouse was built in 1826 by Thomas Phillips, to warn ships away from the rocks of the Stony Point peninsula. is situated 2½ miles west of Cortlandt.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Croton-on-Hudson and Peekskill.

is a village of 8,100 people in , . In the first half of the 20th century, it was home to many artists, writers and communists.

is a city in northwestern , United States, 35 miles north of . Established as a village in 1816, it was incorporated as a city in 1940.

is a town in , United States. It is part of the New York City Metropolitan Area. The town is located north of the town of , east and south of , and west of the and .

Cortlandt

Latitude
41.2446° or 41° 14′ 41″ north
Longitude
-73.926° or 73° 55′ 33″ west
Population
42,500
Elevation
328 feet (100 metres)
Open location code
87H863VF+VJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9750242711
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5113800
Wiki­data ID
Q167239
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Uzbek—“Cortlandt” goes by many names.
  • Basque: Cortlandt
  • Chechen: Кортландт
  • Chinese: 科將蘭特
  • Chinese: 科特兰
  • Dutch: Cortlandt
  • French: Cortlandt
  • German: Cortlandt
  • Haitian: Cortlandt, New York
  • Haitian: Cortlandt
  • Hebrew: קורטלנד
  • Italian: Cortlandt
  • Japanese: コートラント
  • Japanese: コートランド
  • Mazanderani: کورتلندت (نیویورک)
  • Mazanderani: کورتلندت
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Cortlandt
  • Polish: Cortlandt
  • Russian: Кортлендт
  • Slovenian: Cortlandt
  • Spanish: Cortlandt (Nueva York)
  • Spanish: Cortlandt
  • Swedish: Cortlandt
  • Tatar: Кортландт
  • Turkish: Cortlandt
  • Ukrainian: Кортландт
  • Uzbek: Cortlandt

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Cortlandt”. Photo: Copperhead7, CC BY 3.0.