August 3, 1795

The Greenville Treaty is signed, permitting U.S. settlement of the Western Reserve located east of the Cuyahoga River.

September 1, 1795

The Connecticut Land Company offers for sale a 17,247 acre tract of land now known as Bazetta Township.

1804

In the winter of 1804/1805 Edward Schofield, originally from Connecticut, and John Budd became the first settlers in Bazetta, having moved there from Hubbard. Schofield built his log cabin at what is now the corner of Hillman and High streets in Cortland.

ca 1808

John Hulse, son of Henry K. Hulse, was the first white child born in the township.

1811

Edward Schofield and Jeremiah Brooks built a gristmill in “Courtland.” along Walnut Creek. It was the second frame structure built in the town, a milk house being the first.

1812

Most of the Native American population had left the area by this time.

1813

The first school in Bazetta was built on Walnut Run and administered by Charlotte Bell. Many area settlers were called upon to defend their country in the War of 1812.

1816

Samuel Bacon came to Bazetta Twp. where his family operated a sawmill (and/or the gristmill?) from 1816 to 1850. As Bacon built some of the first frame store buildings in the community, the Cortland area was called Baconsburg.

1819

The Baptist Church in Warren granted permission to form a congregation and church in Bazetta.

January 22, 1820

Formation of the Baptist Church congregation in Baconsburg.

ca 1824

Construction of the Presbyterian Church.

1841

Arriving from County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, Nathaniel Lowry is said to have left his wife and child in Conneaut and walked from there to Bazetta, Trumbull Co., Ohio where he selected land on which to build a cabin. He purchased Lot 29 and built a home for his family that eventually included 7 children.

1848

The Bazetta Christian Church was founded by Calvin Smith, a veteran of the War of 1812.

1851

Christian – Disciples Cemetery established behind the Christian (Disciples) Church

1853

Cortland Christian Church was constructed to replace their first building constructed in 1837. The land was donated by Samuel and Enos Bacon.

1856

This 1856 map of Trumbull County included the village of Leroy now know as Cortland. The population of Bazetta in 1856 was 1302.

1871

James McCleery is interred in the Christian Church Cemetery in Cortland. He was born in Mecca Township, December 2, 1837. Was wounded at the Battle of Shiloh during the Civil War, and lost his right arm. Died in New York, N.Y. on November 5, 1871 during his term as the U.S. Representative from Louisiana 4th District.

1874

The village of Cortland became a reality when the railroad built a depot there.

1875

The Village of Cortland's first Mayor is W. C. Kennedy, Served 1875-1876. H. Robinson is the first Marshal of the Village of Cortland and serves until 1878.

1877

Henry Scoville is elected Mayor and serves until 5/1/77. H. Robinson replaces Scoville and serves until the end of the year.

1878

D. P. Camp is elected Mayor and serves one year.

1879

H. Robinson is elected Mayor and serves for 2 years.

1881

Thomas Willock is elected Mayor and serves for 4 years through 1884.

1882

The population of Cortland village is 614 people. There are three churches, two newspapers, stores, and mills.

1885

H. D. Colcomb is elected Mayor and serves until 1892. The Cortland fire Department is formed in 1885.

May 22, 1886

The Village of Cortland purchased a 418 pound bronze town bell for $ 128.60 from Burnes & Lynn.

October 1888

Cicero Case a shoemaker and farmer born in Hartford Co., Conn. died in Cortland at age 79 and is buried in the Disciples of Christ Cemetery, Cortland, Trumbull Co., OH. His wife Nancy (Hungerford) was also laid to rest there after her death in 1904.

1892

J. L. Christy is elected Mayor and serves for one year.

1893

Wells F. Horton is elected Mayor and serves through 1895.

1896

Wells D. Holcomb is elected Mayor and serves for 2 years. An ordinance is passed against Ice and Snow on Sidewalks.

1898

Nelson Cowdry is elected Mayor and serves through 1903.

1911

Lewis C. Hutton is elected mayor and serves through 1914. He is again elected in 1918 and serves for 8 additional years until 1925. 'Lew" Hutton is a Civil War veteran born in Chester county, Pa. August 8, 1845. He enlisted at the outbreak of the Civil War and served to the end of the conflict. He married Ella Post of Cortland after moving to Cortland after the War.

1915

Establishment of the Trumbull Co. branch of the Ohio Agricultural and Development Center, located at the site of the present fairgrounds.

1916

The foundation for the barn currently standing at our (Don Brobst Jr) farm was poured on September 1, 1915. In the spring of 1916 a tornado blew the barn over before anything could be stored there. Tin from the roof was found beyond Johnston station (Since this was the only thing hit in the area they knew where the tin came from). Enough tin was salvaged for the west side of the new roof and the good lumber went back into the new barn and a full shed section was added to the front.

1926

Wayne F. Ainsley was Mayor of the Village of Cortland in 1926-27, 1931-37, and 1942-43.

ca 1930

Plans were drawn up to dam the Mosquito Creek under the Federal Flood Control Act, to alleviate floods on the Mahoning, Beaver and Ohio rivers, and also supply water for the city of Warren. Congress had voted to spend $4,385,000 for the project.

November 19, 1938

Death of Emanuel E Rice who operated an early gas station in cortland (Dad Rices station) "He was my grandfather. In the 30's one of my biggest excitements was punching punchcards there." Patricia A (Rice) Schaller

1943

The Army Corps of Engineers moved 400 graves from the old Bazetta Cemetery on Rt. 305 to the West Bazetta Cemetery. The old cemetery site was soon under the waters of Mosquito Lake.

1944

Completion of the Mosquito Reservoir and Dam that holds 34 billion gallons of water over 7,850 acres of land.

1946

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers enters into an agreement with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources to jointly manage the recreation on the Mosquito Lake.

1953

William A. Harned was elected Mayor and served for 11 years through 1963.

1954

Village Council members are Kenneth Payne, Willard Smalley, Nelson Richards, Robert C. Daugherty and Al Hargate Jr., William Bradbury is President of Council. Paul C. Bowers is Village Clerk and Sherman Corfman is Treasurer.

1956

Bazetta and Cortland consolidated their schools to form the Lakeview Local School District.

1956

John Kocka, Harold Shilling and Owne Grove are elected to Village Council and Beryl Robinson is President of Council.

1960

Dan Galbincea, owner of the Causeway Sport Shop in Mecca, invented the legendary fishing lure, the "Erie Dearie.” As he loved to go fishing his wife Helen would say, “Fine go to your Lake Erie, "Dearie," and that is how they came up with the name.

1961

Lakeview High School was built.

1964

Donald M. Jones was Mayor of the Village of Cortland from 1964 through 1974.

1978

Lakeview Middle School was built.

1984

Inventor and fishing boat captain Dan Galbincea was inducted into the Ohio Sportsmen's Hall of Fame for his "inventing, pioneering and marketing skills."

1985

Cortland's first radio station--WLND- started broadcasting. Owned and operated by Glen Barker and Nancy Hoffman.

2000

The population of Bazetta Twp. is 6,306, about twice what it was in 1960.