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Cooperstown| Town in Otsego township, central New York, USA, at the southern tip of Otsego Lake and on the headwaters of the Susquehanna River, 53 km/33 mi southeast of Utica; seat of Otsego County; population (1990) 2,200. Tourism is vital to its economy. |
| It was founded (1786) by Judge William Cooper, whose son, James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851), set his ‘Leatherstocking Tales’ in the region. The author is buried here. |
| Cooperstown is home to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Just outside Cooperstown are the Farmers' Museum, Glimmerglass Opera House, and Fenimore House. |
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