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Otsego County, New York

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82historic places
—earliest paper
1791formed
58,524pop. 2020
138cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 82 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1971; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Oneonta, Richfield Springs, Cooperstown.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for New York is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Otsego titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

37 of 82 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

82 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
All Saints Chapel and Morris Family Burial GroundMorrisBuilding1997
Baker Octagon BarnRichfield SpringsBuilding1984
Bassett Family HouseMt. VisionBuilding2004
Beardslee FarmPittsfieldDistrict2000
Bresee HallOneontaBuilding1984
Chapin Memorial ChurchOneontaBuilding2002
Cherry Valley Village Historic DistrictCherry ValleyDistrict1988
Church Street Historic DistrictRichfield SpringsDistrict1997
Cooperstown Historic DistrictCooperstownDistrict1980
Cooperstown Historic District (Boundary Increase)CooperstownBuilding1997
Cornfield, TheFly CreekBuilding2002
East Main Street Historic DistrictRichfield SpringsDistrict1995
East Springfield Union SchoolEast SpringfieldBuilding1996
Evangelical Lutheran ChurchHartwick SeminaryBuilding2021
Fairchild MansionOneontaBuilding1974
Ferris, Warren, HouseSpringfield CenterBuilding2016
Fly Creek Grange No. 844Fly CreekBuilding2004
Fly Creek Historic DistrictFly CreekDistrict2006
Fly Creek Methodist ChurchFly CreekBuilding1996
Ford BlockOneontaBuilding1984
Fortin SiteOneontaSite1980
Gilbertsville Historic DistrictGilbertsvilleDistrict1974
Gilbertsville Historic District (Boundary Increase)GilbertsvilleDistrict1982
Gilbertsville Water WorksGilbertsvilleDistrict2011
Glimmerglass Historic DistrictCooperstownDistrict1999
Grove, TheMorrisBuilding1980
Hartwick Historic DistrictHartwickDistrict2013
House at 120 Balcom RoadMount VernonBuilding2024
Hyde Hall NHLSpringfield CenterBuilding1971
Hyde Hall Covered BridgeEast SpringfieldStructure1998
Joseph Peck HouseNew LisbonBuilding2025
Kenyon ResidencesMt. VisionBuilding2004
Lindesay Patent Rural Historic District (Boundary Increase)Cherry ValleyDistrict1995
Lunn-Musser Octagon BarnGarrattsvilleBuilding1984
Major's Inn and Gilbert BlockGilbertsvilleBuilding1973
Mann, Andrew, InnUnadillaBuilding1980
Mathewson-Bice Farmhouse and Mathewson Family CemeteryCooperstownDistrict2013
Middlefield District No. 1 SchoolCooperstownBuilding1987
Middlefield Hamlet Historic DistrictMiddlefieldDistrict1985
Morris Village Historic DistrictMorrisDistrict2013
Morris-Lull FarmMorrisDistrict2005
Municipal BuildingOneontaBuilding1982
North, Benjamin D., HouseMiddlefieldBuilding1985
Old Hartwick Village CemeteryHartwickSite2013
Old Post OfficeOneontaBuilding1978
Oneonta ArmoryOneontaBuilding1995
Oneonta Downtown Historic DistrictOneontaDistrict2003
Oneonta TheatreOneontaBuilding2002
Otsdawa Baptist ChurchOtsdawaBuilding2002
Otsdawa Creek SiteOtegoSite1980
Otsego County CourthouseCooperstownBuilding1972
Roseboom Historic DistrictRoseboomDistrict1998
Russ-Johnsen SiteUnadillaSite1980
Rutherford HouseEdmestonBuilding2019
Schuyler Lake Stone ChurchSchuyler LakeBuilding2025
South Worcester Historic DistrictSouth WorcesterDistrict1992
Springfield Center Elementary SchoolSpringfield CenterBuilding2011
St. Mary's Episcopal Church ComplexSpringfield CenterBuilding2015
St. Stephen’s ChapelMorrisBuilding2021
Stonehouse FarmOneontaBuilding1980
SunnysideRichfield SpringsBuilding1988
Swart-Wilcox HouseOneontaBuilding1990
Tepee, TheCherry ValleyBuilding2011
TianderahGilbertsvilleBuilding1978
Tunnicliff-Jordan HouseRichfield SpringsBuilding2010
Tuttle-Peck HouseNew LisbonBuilding2025
Twentieth Century Steam Riding Gallery No. 409SchenevusObject1998
US Post Office-CooperstownCooperstownBuilding1988
US Post Office-Richfield SpringsRichfield SpringsBuilding1989
Unadilla Forks SchoolUnadilla ForksBuilding1998
Unadilla Village Historic DistrictUnadillaDistrict1992
Unadilla WaterworksUnadillaDistrict1992
Vibber, Lemuel F., HouseRichfieldBuilding2016
Walnut Street Historic DistrictOneontaDistrict1980
West Burlington Memorial ChurchWest BurlingtonBuilding2001
West Main Street-West James Street Historic DistrictRichfield SpringsDistrict1994
White House, TheHartwickBuilding2012
Wilber, George I., HouseOneontaBuilding2000
Women's Community Club of South ValleySouth ValleyBuilding1999
Worcester Historic DistrictWorcesterDistrict1975
Wright, Roswell, HouseUnadillaBuilding1988
Zion Episcopal Church Complex and Harmony CemeteryMorrisDistrict1997

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Otsego was formed in 1791 (1791-02-16) from Montgomery.

OTSEGO created from MONTGOMERY.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Otsego County population from 1800 to 2020 (Census historical series).

62k42k21k18001840188019101920196020002020
1800182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
21,34344,85649,62850,15751,39748,93946,20046,08250,76351,94259,07561,67658,524

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

138 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 138 listed
NameLatLon
Adams Cemetery42.70692-74.97606
Babcock Cemetery42.51853-75.07443
Bass Cemetery42.78174-75.22044
Bennett Weatherly Cemetery42.52689-75.19062
Blanchard Cemetery42.40027-75.25587
Bliven Cemetery42.51731-74.80665
Brookside Cemetery42.47456-75.3286
Brown Cemetery42.54989-75.14263
Brown-Young Cemetery42.9059-75.09766
Buck Cemetery42.6057-75.16824
Bundy Cemetery42.40309-75.1677
Burdick Cemetery42.4601-75.20634
Burlington Cemetery42.72674-75.12711
Burlington Flats Cemetery42.74452-75.17933
Butterfield Cemetery42.68229-75.0541
Butternut Valley Cemetery42.4353-75.34183
Butternut Valley Cemetery42.67563-75.1435
Butts Cemetery42.53757-75.14306
Carr Cemetery42.43156-75.2
Carr Cemetery42.68949-74.97098
Chapin Cemetery42.58417-75.19777
Cherry Valley Cemetery42.79388-74.75528
Chestnut Hill Cemetery42.33297-75.31284
Cook Cemetery42.48498-75.117
Cook Cemetery42.5086-75.20639
Cooperstown Junction Cemetery42.49259-74.96624
Curtis Cemetery42.3739-75.39373
Decatur Cemetery42.63713-74.73498
Demming Cemetery42.69804-75.2457
Draper Hill Cemetery42.6473-74.77309
East Worcester Cemetery42.62002-74.67835
Elk Creek Cemetery42.5891-74.82606
Elm Row Cemetery42.52748-75.09894
Emmons Cemetery42.42995-75.23635
Evergreen Cemetery42.39296-75.17634
Exeter Cemetery42.79174-75.08433
Ferris Cemetery42.65869-74.69645
Field Cemetery42.67579-75.0324
Fitch Hill Cemetery42.76163-74.95054
Flax Island Cemetery42.44245-75.21778
Fly Creek Presbyterian Cemetery42.71687-74.98398
Fly Creek Valley Cemetery42.71269-74.98447
Gardner Cemetery (historical)42.71285-74.96238
Gazlay Cemetery42.68069-75.32139
Glenwood Cemetery42.4585-75.03973
Hartwick Seminary Cemetery42.64733-74.96412
Hathaway Cemetery42.50444-75.1869
Herkimer Cemetery42.78976-75.02602
Hillington Cemetery42.54531-75.23502
Hoke Cemetery42.78534-74.90487
Hollis Cemetery42.46621-75.33179
Hopkins Cemetery42.43602-75.19946
Huntly Cemetery42.83-75.1375
Jennings Cemetery42.70646-75.20294
Lakeview Cemetery42.84527-74.98053
Lakewood Cemetery42.70894-74.91195
Laurens Village Cemetery42.53193-75.09504
Lena Cemetery42.61373-75.07904
Lull Cemetery42.57163-75.20505
Lynes Cemetery42.62782-74.94696
Mann Cemetery42.50209-75.3232
Maple Cemetery42.65116-75.0214
Maple Grove Cemetery42.52729-75.09905
Maple Grove Cemetery42.59534-74.75015
Maple View Cemetery42.62856-74.67515
Maryland Cemetery42.53388-74.9005
McFee Cemetery42.8292-74.69728
Merithew Cemetery42.40764-75.24366
Middle Village Cemetery42.83666-74.83417
Middlefield Cemetery42.68928-74.83764
Middlefield Center Cemetery42.76355-74.83863
Milford Center Cemetery42.52351-74.98549
Milford Village Cemetery42.59221-74.94583
Morris Family Burial Ground42.50903-75.2877
Mount Calvary Cemetery42.46725-75.00913
Mount Vision Cemetery42.57833-75.065
Northup Cemetery42.41088-75.14175
Old Chapel Burial Ground42.72379-74.98099
Old Church Cemetery42.54944-75.21919
Old Churchyard Cemetery42.47472-75.32445

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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