Otsego County, NY

OTSEGO COUNTY, situated in the central part of New York, with Otsego and Canaderaga lakes in the north. Area, 892 square miles. Face of the country, hilly; soil, productive. Seat of justice, Cooperstown. Pop. in 1810, 38,802; in 1820, 44,856; in 1830, 51,372; in 1840, 49,628; in 1850, 48,639. (Fanning's, 1853)