Cooperstown
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village in Otsego County, New York, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- New York
- County
- Otsego
- Town
- Otsego
- Mayor
- Ellen Tillapaugh
- Total
- 1.85 sq mi (4.78 km )
- Land
- 1.63 sq mi (4.23 km )
- Water
- 0.21 sq mi (0.54 km )
- Elevation
- 1,227 ft (374 m)
- Density
- 1,097.5/sq mi (423.74/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern (EST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 (EDT)
- Fips code
- 36-18047
- Gnis feature id
- 0979671
- Website
- https://cooperstownny.gov/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Cooperstown
- Population
- 1794
- Area
- 4700000
- Elevation
- 374
- Official website
- www.cooperstownny.org
- Image
- Cooperstown Street.jpg
- Households
- 892
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- Commons category
- Cooperstown, New York
- postal code
- 13326
- inception
- 1786-00-00
- per capita income
- 53153
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Cooperstown is a village in and the county seat of Otsego County, New York, United States. Most of the village lies within the town of Otsego, but some of the eastern part is in the town of Middlefield. Located at the foot of Otsego Lake in the Central New York Region, Cooperstown is approximately 60 miles (97 kilometers) west of Albany, 67 mi (108 km) southeast of Syracuse and 145 mi (233 km) northwest of New York City. The population of the village was 1,794 as of the 2020 census.
Cooperstown is the home of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Other attractions in the village include the Fenimore Farm & Country Village, which opened in 1944 on farmland that had once belonged to James Fenimore Cooper, the Fenimore Art Museum, and the Glimmerglass Festival. Most of the historic pre-1900s core of the village is included in the Cooperstown Historic District, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980; its boundaries were increased in 1997 and more contributing properties were identified.