Pittsfield, New York
| Pittsfield, New York | |
|---|---|
| Town | |
 Otsego County map with the Town of Pittsfield in Red |
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| Coordinates: 42°38′N 75°16′W / 42.633°N 75.267°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Otsego |
| Area | |
| • Total | 37.8 sq mi (97.8 km2) |
| • Land | 37.7 sq mi (97.7 km2) |
| • Water | 0.1 sq mi (0.1 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,752 ft (534 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,366 |
| • Density | 36/sq mi (14/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| FIPS code | 36-58343 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0979371 |
Pittsfield is a town in Otsego County, New York, United States. The population was 1,366 at the 2010 census.
The Town of Pittsfield is on the west border of the county, northwest of the City of Oneonta.
The town was first settled around 1793.
The Town of Pittsfield was formed from part of the Town of Burlington in 1797. The territory of Pittsfield was reduced two times, in 1806 to form Town of New Lisbon, and in 1859 to form part of the Town of Morris. It was named by the Noble family from Pittsfield, MA, for their old home, who settled in the Pittsfield Centre vicinity.
The hamlet of Pittsfield, or "Pittsfield Centre", had an unmanned whistlestop station and siding on the Ontario & Western RR branch to Edmeston from New Berlin, later purchased by the Unadilla Valley RR. During World War I Richard Freeman and Charles Walton shipped lumber by the carload from here, milled over in Ketchum.
Ketchum takes its name from the Rev. Orvib Ketchum who founded a congregational church on the headwaters of Aldrich Creek in the east part of town, the church was later sold by the Wyoming Conference to the Americana Village near Hamilton, NY. A schoolhouse, store, several steam sawmills and cemetery also existed here. The Ball family operated several "rope walks" nearby, where hemp was wound into twine and then rope.
County Route 13 between Morris and New Berlin is referred to as "the turnpike" by locals, originally constructed in 1832, it was the last section to operate a tollgate due to being the most expensive to build.
Ebenezer Chapel, near the southwest border, was coincidentally named after a nearby resident, and was a small settlement originally known as "Hayti" at one time. In 1956, a nearby house made statewide news when a moonshine still was busted up.
The Beardslee Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 37.8 square miles (98 km2), of which, 37.7 square miles (98 km2) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) of it (0.13%) is water.
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