THE CORTLAND WEST LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Finger Lakes Uplands and Gorges setting.
Cortland West CDP has 5.17 square miles of land in Cortland County. Its Census reference point is in Finger Lakes Uplands and Gorges, within Northern Allegheny Plateau.
Rolling hills, broad valleys and low mountains are mantled by glacial deposits. Sandstone, shale and siltstone underlie a mix of open land and woodland across the northern plateau.
Regional context: Northern Allegheny Plateau ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Cortland West and Cortland County
Cortland West is associated with Cortland County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Cortland West by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Cortland West, or 0% of its total area. It is 0.5 percentage points lower than the 0.5% recorded for Cortland County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Cortland West CDP has 2.3 times the land area of nearby Munsons Corners CDP (2.22 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

