[2] Jordan is located in the northwest part of the town of Elbridge, west of Syracuse.

Due to the canal, Jordan became larger than Elbridge Village farther south.

Today, much of the expanded Canal's stonework is visible, with its path having been turned into a park in the middle of the Village.

In 1865 as the Lincoln Funeral Train passed through the village, along the New York Central Railroad, a cannonball was fired in honor of the former president.

As the two men were clearing away the trunk, they discovered that the tree had grown around the cannonball, fully engulfing it.

Bush Funeral Home, established in 1904, is also located on North Main Street.

[6] According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.1 km2), all land.

The New York State Thruway (Interstate 90) passes north of the village, but there is no interchange at all in the town.

The Jordan Aqueduct still stands where the Erie Canal crossed Skaneateles Creek.