Cooperstown, New York

Cooperstown, New York
Village
Village of Cooperstown
Main Street, part of the Cooperstown Historic District
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Coordinates: 42°41′50″N 74°55′37″W / 42.69722°N 74.92694°W / 42.69722; -74.92694
Country	United States
State	New York
Region	Central New York
County	Otsego
Town	Otsego
Government
• Mayor	Ellen Tillapaugh
Area [1]
• Total	1.84 sq mi (4.78 km2)
• Land	1.64 sq mi (4.23 km2)
• Water	0.21 sq mi (0.54 km2)
Elevation	1,227 ft (374 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	1,794
• Density	1,097.25/sq mi (423.74/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Code	13326
Area code	607
FIPS code	36-18047
GNIS feature ID	0979671
Website	www.cooperstownny.org

Cooperstown is a village in and the county seat of Otsego County, New York, United States.^[2] 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. The Farmers' Museum in the village opened in 1944 on farmland that had once belonged to James Fenimore Cooper. The Fenimore Art Museum and Glimmerglass Opera are also based here. 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.