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Otsego County, New York Otsego County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,524. The county seat is Cooperstown. The county's population center is Oneonta. The name ''Otsego'' is from a Mohawk or Oneida word m ...

, United States. The population was 1,897 at the 2010 census. It was named for the

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of the same name. The Town of Maryland is on the county's southern border. It is northeast of the City of Oneonta.

History

The town was first settled around 1790 in the southwest part of the town. Maryland was erected from the Town of Worcester in 1808. About 1909 until 1912 an extensive lumber operation by Emmons L. Peck of

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, utilizing a steam tramway straddled the county line on South Hill east of Mud Lake, shipping finished lumber from Burnsides Switch on the D&HRR. Peck's personal cabin was later dismantled and rebuilt in the hamlet of Maryland next to the present post office. During

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, Porter Brothers contracted to build the third rail for the D&HRR "bridge line" through Maryland and Worcester to allow larger eastbound freight trains without extra locomotives to clear Richmondville Hill by an alternate route, much of which was later obliterated by I-88 construction.

Geography

According to the

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, the town has a total area of , of which is land and (0.21%) is water. Interstate 88 and

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follows the east to west course of the Schenevus Creek. South Hill, an upland area, is partly in the southeastern quadrant of the town. The southern town line is the border of Delaware County.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 1,920 people, 773 households, and 531 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 1,035 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 98.80%

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, 0.16%

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, 0.16% Asian, 0.05% from other races, and 0.83% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.09% of the population. There were 773 households, out of which 29.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.1% were

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living together, 10.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.2% were non-families. 24.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.93. In the town, the population was spread out, with 23.7% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 26.1% from 25 to 44, 27.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.2 males. The median income for a household in the town was $33,821, and the median income for a family was $39,020. Males had a median income of $27,245 versus $20,898 for females. The

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for the town was $16,120. About 9.4% of families and 12.6% of the population were below the

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, including 16.0% of those under age 18 and 9.5% of those age 65 or over.

Communities and locations in Maryland

*Chaseville – A hamlet on NY-7 east of Maryland village. *Cooperstown Junction – at the southwestern corner on NY-7, where D&HRR connects with the Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley and formerly the Ulster & Delaware RR. *Crumhorn Mountain – An elevation partly in the town. On the mountain there is a Boy Scout Camp nearly a century old. *Burnsides Switch – siding on the Delaware & Hudson RR near Potato Creek Dip. *Dog Hill – An elevation located northeast of Maryland. *Elk Creek – A hamlet located on County Road 34 and Schenevus Creek near the north town line. *Elk Creek – A stream flowing southward to Schenevus Creek. * Hooker Mountain – An elevation near the northern town line. *Maryland – The

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of Maryland is located on NY-7; it once had its own firehouse, usual stores, train station, a bobbin and acid factory. It still has a post office. *Potato Creek Dip – west of hamlet of Maryland on NY-7, once noted for treacherous driving conditions in any season. * Schenevus – a hamlet north of NY-7 on County Road 34 and Elk Creek. * South Hill – A mountain range partly in the southern part of the town.

References

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