Cooperstown, N.Y.
on Otsego Lake
Elevation 1264 Ft.
Home of baseball
Village of Museums
back reads:
Entrance sign to Village of Cooperstown, N.Y.
Photo by Peter L. Hollis
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Cooperstown is a village in Otsego County, New York, USA. It is located in the Town of Otsego. The population was estimated to be 2,032 at the 2000 census.
Cooperstown is best known as the home of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. The Farmers' Museum, The Fenimore Art Museum, Glimmerglass Opera, and the New York State Historical Association are also based there. More recently, nearly 1,000 youth baseball teams descend on Cooperstown every summer to participate in some of the largest baseball tournaments in the country.
Starting in 2010, Cooperstown now has an official baseball team of its own. The Cooperstown Hawkeyes will play ball at Doubleday Field.
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