Welcome to Cooperstown ...

Cooperstown is located in Manitowoc County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cooperstown, you might consider that their post office opened in 1848.

Cooperstown is 780 feet [238 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Cooperstown lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Cooperstown: 920 & 274<3>

Communities Also Named Cooperstown ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 11 communities that are also named Cooperstown - they are located in California, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio and Pennsylvania (3).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Cooperstown.

Communities near Cooperstown ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cooperstown.

• Green Bay
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Green Bay is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Bay
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 103,836 people
• Manitowoc
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Manitowoc is located in Manitowoc County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Manitowoc
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 32,359 people
• De Pere
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • De Pere is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Pere
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 25,014 people
• Ashwaubenon
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Ashwaubenon is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashwaubenon
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,004 people
• Bellevue
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Bellevue is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellevue
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,030 people
• Allouez
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Allouez is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allouez
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,784 people
• Two Rivers
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Two Rivers is located in Manitowoc County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Rivers
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,973 people
• Wrightstown
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Wrightstown is located in Brown County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightstown
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,631 people
• Brillion
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Brillion is located in Calumet County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brillion
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,079 people
• Kewaunee
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Kewaunee is located in Kewaunee County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kewaunee
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,835 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Cooperstown. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cooperstown.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cooperstown. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cooperstown.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cooperstown. See our Newspapers Page for Cooperstown.

Adding Cooperstown to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cooperstown in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Cooperstown was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Cooperstown post office opened in 1848. The Cooperstown post office closed in 1912.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cooperstown.