Cooperstown
| Cooperstown, New York | |
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| Village | |
| Village of Cooperstown | |
Main Street, part of the Cooperstown Historic District
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 Cooperstown, New York
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| Coordinates: 42°41′50″N 74°55′37″W / 42.69722°N 74.92694°WCoordinates: 42°41′50″N 74°55′37″W / 42.69722°N 74.92694°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Otsego |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jeff Katz |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.8 sq mi (4.7 km2) |
| • Land | 1.6 sq mi (4.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0.2 sq mi (0.5 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,227 ft (374 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,852 |
| • Density | 1,000/sq mi (390/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 13326 |
| Area code(s) | 607 |
| FIPS code | 36-18047 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0979671 |
| Website | www.cooperstownny.org |
Cooperstown is a village in and 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.
Cooperstown is best known as the home of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, opened in 1939, which is commonly referred to as "Cooperstown". The Farmers' Museum, the Fenimore Art Museum, Glimmerglass Opera, and the New York State Historical Association are also based here. Most of the historic pre-1900 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.
The population of the village was 1,852 as of the 2010 census.
The village was developed within part of the Cooper Patent, which William Cooper – who later became a county judge – purchased in 1785 from Colonel George Croghan, former Deputy to Sir William Johnson, British Superintendent of Indian Affairs of the Northern District. The land amounted to 10,000 acres (40 km2). William Cooper founded a village on Otsego Lake. His son James Fenimore Cooper grew up in the frontier town. He later became a noted American author with , a series of historical novels that includes The Last of the Mohicans.
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