The town was first settled circa 1775, but few more arrived until after the American Revolution. Tension between ethnic Germans and New Englanders slowed early development.
The Town of Otego was formed in 1822 from the towns of Unadilla and Franklin (in Delaware County) as the "Town of Huntsville." In 1830, the name was changed to Otego, when part of the Town of Milford was added.
The Otsdawa Creek Site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
Passages that mention Otego, cut from the printed page as they were published.
History of Otsego County, New York. With illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers1878Read the page →
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In 1869 he sold his real estate in the town of Milford, and moved to the town of Otego, where he purchased 200 acres of rich quality of farm land, lying on the Susquehanna river, where he has since resided, farming and growing hops.
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History of Otsego County, New York. With illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers1878Read the page →
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Ho then bought a farm in the town of Otego, where ho remained for three years ; and after spending some four years in Franklin, he finally settled on the farm where he now resides, in the town of Oneonta, in the year 1844. His farm shows the hand of a judicious agriculturist, and is among the best farmed in the south part of Otsego County, and Mr. Kilborn is among the representative farmers of the town of Oneonta.
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Grand Army of the Republic. History of the order in the U. S. by counties. Otsego County posts, Department of New York, including a complete record of soldiers surviving and buried in the county, with company and regiment ... Compiled by D. A. Ellis1892Read the page →
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James H. Whitney was born at Sidney, Delaware Co., N. Y., Aug. 29, 1842, attending the district school at that place. He enlisted from the town of Otego, N. Y., in Oct. 1861, as a private in Co. K., 76th Eegt. N. Y. V. Was mustered into the U. S. service at Albany. Goincr to the front via New York, was sent to the hospital in Jany. '62, and discharged in March 1862. He joined Shepherd Post as a charter member, and moving to Clin-
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Adelbert Hiighston was boru in the town of Otego, Dec. 29, 1842, educated at the common schools, and learned the coopers trade. He enlisted from New Lisbon, Aug.
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