The Great American Survey: A Slapdash Database of Historic Buildings

Founding:  1791 Parent county:  Montgomery Namesake:  Otsego Lake Seat:  Cooperstown (1791–) Land area:  1,002 square miles Population (2020):  58,524 Population (historic):  21,343 (1800); 49,628 (1840); 48,967 (1870); 48,939 (1900); 46,710 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1800–1830; 1850s; 1870s; 1920s; 1940–2010 Subdivisions:  One city; nine villages; 18 CDPs; 24 towns Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  13,319 (42.6%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  81% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940):  37.6% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  8.3% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  4.5% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $1,622 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $1,726 Average farmhouse size (1940):  8.3 rooms Number of farms (1920):  4,770 Average farm size (1920):  81.5 acres _________________________________________________________________________________   Cooperstown   Namesa...

Founding:  1875 (declared in 1840) Parent county:  Unorganized territory Namesake:  Uncertain—perhaps Otsego Lake or Otsego County, New York Seat:  Otsego Lake (1875–1877); Gaylord (1877–) Land area:  514 square miles Population (2020):  25,091 Population (historic):  1,974 (1880); 6,175 (1900); 5,554 (1930) Periods of population growth:  pre-1880–1910; 1930–2020 Subdivisions:  One city; one village; nine townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated):  811 (5.5%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate:  49.3% Farm housing in disrepair (1950):  6.7% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950):  4.2% Average farmhouse value (1930):  $690 Average outbuilding value (1930):  $658 Average farmhouse size (1940):  5.7 rooms Number of farms (1920):  573 Average farm size (1920):  57.4 acres Sources of settlement:  Michigan, Canada, New York, and Poland ____________________________________________...