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Gideon Hawley, a missionary, arrived in this area in 1753. William Cooper purchased land (Cooper Patent) that now is marked, in part, by Cooperstown. Major settlement began around 1788.
The Town of Otsego was organized while still in Montgomery County in 1788 and is the oldest town in the county.
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- 1854 - Otsego
Otsego, a township in the N. part of Otsego co., New York, on the W. side of Otsego lake. Population, 3001.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854. - 1895 - Otsego
Otsego, a township of Otsego co, N.Y. Pop. 4470. It contains Cooperstown, Fly Creek, Oaksville, and Toddsville.
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott 
Three Mile Point, Otsego Lake, N.Y.
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Otsego Lake, looking N.E.
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Otsego, a township (town) of Otsego co., N.Y. Pop. in 1900, 4497. It contains part of Cooperstown.
Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906 
Kingfisher Tower, Point Judith, Otsego, N.Y.
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 - Three Mile Point, Otsego Lake, N.Y.)
Three Mile Point, Otsego Lake, N.Y.
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 - Otsego Lake, looking N.E.)
Otsego Lake, looking N.E.
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Otsego, New York, USA
 - Kingfisher Tower, Point Judith, Otsego, N.Y.)
Kingfisher Tower, Point Judith, Otsego, N.Y.
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1854 - Otsego
Otsego, a township in the N. part of Otsego co., New York, on the W. side of Otsego lake. Population, 3001.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
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1895 - Otsego
Otsego, a township of Otsego co, N.Y. Pop. 4470. It contains Cooperstown, Fly Creek, Oaksville, and Toddsville.
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott
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1906
Otsego, a township (town) of Otsego co., N.Y. Pop. in 1900, 4497. It contains part of Cooperstown.
Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906
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