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Otsego County, New York
Otsego County Bank Building 19 Main Street Cooperstown — CC BY-SA 4.0, Beyond My Ken · source

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About Otsego County

Otsego County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,524. The county seat is Cooperstown. The county's population center is Oneonta. The name Otsego is from a Mohawk or Oneida word meaning "place of the rock." The county is part of the Mohawk Valley region of the state.

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Facts

Otsego County at a glance

County seat
Cooperstown
Population
58,524 (2020)
Land area
1,003 sq mi
Founded
1791

Communities

Largest communities in Otsego County

  1. Oneonta13,079
  2. Unadilla4,116
  3. Otsego3,641
  4. Milford2,827
  5. Otego2,756

Background

History of Otsego County

In 1789, Ontario County was split off from Montgomery. The area split off from Montgomery County was much larger than the present county, as it included the present Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans, Steuben, Wyoming, Yates, and part of Schuyler and Wayne counties.

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