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Cortland County, New York property search

Search an address or an owner in Cortland County, New York with the box at the top of the map, or tap a lot, for its owner, lines and acreage. 22,662 lots are mapped here, covering 316,331 acres. 3,426 of them are held by institutions rather than by individuals.

Farmers and landowners in Cortland County received $1 million in federal farm program payments in 2025, paid to 119 recipients. 663 acres of agricultural land here are disclosed as foreign-held, the most by owners from Italy. Crop insurance paid $31,000 in claims for the 2024 crop year.

22,662
Lots mapped
316,331
Acres
3,426
Institutional

Land use in Cortland County

Parcels and acreage by land use in Cortland County, New York
Land useParcelsAcres
21010,94316,855
3141,4305,083
3221,05042,608
220932825
3118271,193
24079830,187
10578549,414
2707805,277
31257311,456
2603878,514
411303211
24128419,876

Largest landowners in Cortland County

Largest landowners by acreage in Cortland County, New York
OwnerParcelsAcres
State of New York28933,681
Farm East LLC778,917
NYS College Of Forestry212,312
State University of NY321,968
Cotton Hanlon Inc231,659
Riverside Dairy LLC131,621
Griswold Family Realty, LLC.91,400
EZ Acres Dairy, LLC161,362
Ski Greek Peak, LLC261,259
East River Acres, LLC131,253

Companies, trusts and public agencies, ranked by acres held under the name on the assessor's file. Private individuals are not ranked. Largest landowners in New York

Federal farm payments in Cortland County

$1M
Paid in 2025
119
Recipients
Federal farm program payments by program in Cortland County, New York, 2025
ProgramPaid
Emergency Commodity Assistance Program$856K
CRP Payment - Annual Rental$107K
Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops$52K
Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Spec Crops$14K
Grasslands Reserve Program$2K
Chesapeake Bay Incentive$558

USDA Farm Service Agency payment files, 2025. Compare farm subsidies by county

Foreign-held farmland in Cortland County

663
Acres disclosed
4
Holdings
Foreign-held agricultural land by country in Cortland County, New York, 2024
CountryAcres
Italy393
Germany200
United Kingdom70

Largest disclosed holders

Largest foreign holders of agricultural land in Cortland County, New York
Holder (country)Acres
Maple Run Solar Project, LLC (ITALY)393

USDA Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act filings, holdings at the end of 2024. Only disclosed interests are counted. See foreign-owned farmland by county

Crop insurance in Cortland County

35
Policies
9,531
Insured acres
$31K
Claims paid
0.13
Loss ratio
Crop insurance claims by crop in Cortland County, New York, 2024
CropClaims
Soybeans$28K
Corn$4K

USDA Risk Management Agency Summary of Business, 2024 crop year.

Conservation and the power grid

1,315
CRP acres, 2025
31
Substations
1
345 kV and up
345 kV
Highest voltage

Conservation Reserve Program acres under contract (USDA FSA). Substations in service, from a public copy of the federal HIFLD layer.

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Nearby counties in New York

  • Tompkins County35,369
  • Chenango County32,232
  • Onondaga County181,909
  • Tioga County26,133
  • Broome County85,058
  • Madison County37,460
  • Cayuga County39,127
  • Seneca County17,597

All New York counties

This copy of Cortland County's records was taken on August 12, 2026. Assessment records, not a survey.