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Cortland is a city in Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The population was 7,105 at the 2020 census. It lies on the eastern shore of Mosquito Creek Lake 19 miles (31 km) north of Youngstown and is part of the Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area. == History == Samuel Bacon established a settlement in what is now Cortland by acquiring land along the Mahoning River in 1807. In 1816, he traded this land for a lumber mill. The mill relied on a dam built in 1809, but it was limited to spring use due to water levels. As the area developed, J.H. Post and H.G. Scovill built a larger dam that powered a custom and planning mill and grist mill. The area became known as Baconsburg in the 19th century. Minister Orrin Gates, who was from Cortland, New York, helped convert the area's oldest church into a Disciple Church in 1832. Baconsburg officially incorporated as the village of Cortland in 1873, named after the city in New York.