Cooperstown

American

[koo-perz-toun, koop-erz-] / ˈku pərzˌtaʊn, ˈkʊp ərz- /

noun

a town in central New York: location of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.

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But there are times when you just can’t get out of driving, like my recent six-hour road trip to Cooperstown, N.Y.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

Judge Richard Eaton got his start as a Village Justice for Cooperstown, N.Y., handling petty crimes and small-dollar disputes in the tiny rural region, with a population around 2,000.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

Yeah, baseball has Cooperstown; football has Canton, Ohio.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025

Now, perhaps the greatest pitcher of his generation is a champion once again as he rides off into retirement and awaits his call from Cooperstown.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025

Cooper's father, Judge William Cooper, the founder of Cooperstown, first visited Otsego Lake in 1785, built a house there in 1787 and in 1790 made it the permanent home of his family.

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IX (of X) - America - I by Lodge, Henry Cabot

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