You've now made it to Cooperstown!

Originally, the village was developed in part of the Cooper Patent, purchased in 1785 by William Cooper. Cooper established a town on Otsego Lake, and would later establish Cooperstown in 1786, which was laid out by surveyor William Ellison. It was incorporated as the "Village of Otsego" in 1807, and had its name changed to "Village of Cooperstown" on June 12, 1812.

Today, Cooperstown is perhaps best known for being the home of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, which was founded by Stephen Carlton Clark in 1939. As a result of this, the town is forever linked to baseball, and is the host of severl nationally recognized tournaments. Other attractions in this city include the Farmers' Museum, the Fenimore Art Museum, the New York State Historical Association's library, and the Clark Sports Center, which hosts the annual Hall of Fame inductions.

Regarding notable people from Cooperstown, it has been the home of Union major generals during the Civil War Abner Doubledeal and John A. Dix, and baseball player Bud Fowler, amongst others (information courtesy of Wikipedia.com, image courtesy of Beyond My Ken / CC BY-SA).