Otsego County (New York)

Otsego County Courthouse
administration
US state :	new York
Administrative headquarters :	Cooperstown
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Office Building 197 Main Street Cooperstown, NY 13326
Foundation :	February 16, 1791
Made up from:	Montgomery County
Area code :	001 607
Demographics
Residents :	61,676  (2000)
Population density :	24 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	2597 km²
Water surface :	32 km²
map
Website : www.otsegocounty.com

Otsego County is a county in the state of New York in the United States . At the 2000 census , the county had 61,676 residents and a population density of 24 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Cooperstown on Otsego Lake , which is home to the Baseball Hall of Fame .

The name Otsego is derived from an Indian word meaning place of the rock .

geography

The county covers an area of ​​2,629 square kilometers, of which 32 square kilometers are water.

history

Hyde Hall (2013)

One place has the status of a National Historic Landmark , Hyde Hall . A total of 71 buildings and sites in the county are registered on the National Register of Historic Places (as of February 20, 2018).

Cities and towns

Burlington Butternuts Cherry Valley Cooperstown Decatur Edmeston Exeter Gilbertsville Hartwick Laurens	Maryland Middlefield Milford Morris New Lisbon Oneonta Otego Otsego Pittsfield	Plainfield Richfield Richfield Springs Roseboom Springfield Unadilla West end Westford Worcester

Web links

Commons : Otsego County (New York)  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Otsego County (New York) ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011.
2. ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: New York . National Park Service , accessed February 20, 2018.
3. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 20, 2018.

Coordinates: 42 ° 38 ′  N , 75 ° 2 ′  W