Editing Otsego, New York (section)

== History ==
Gideon Hawley, a missionary, arrived in this area in 1753. [[William Cooper (judge)|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, New York|Montgomery County]] in 1788 and is the oldest town in the county.

===People of note ===
*[[James Fenimore Cooper]] (1789–1851), author who lived much of his life in Cooperstown and died there.
*[[Daniel DeWitt Tompkins Davie]] (1816–1877), American photographer, was born in Otsego.
*[[Isaac Singer]] (1811–1875), inventor who worked at a machine shop in Fly Creek in the 1830s. The family of his future business partner, [[Edward C. Clark]], has been a major benefactor of Cooperstown since the 19th century.
*[[Jane Lippitt Patterson]] (1829–1919), writer, editor
*[[Sarah Maria Clinton Perkins]] (1824-1905), social reformer, newspaper editor
*[[David Shipman (colonist)|David Shipman]] (1730–1813), the "Leatherstocking" and "Deerslayer" of [[James Fenimore Cooper|James Fenimore Cooper’s]] novels, was a resident of Town of Otsego living in a log cabin on the east bank of Oaks Creek.<ref>{{cite web
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