Taylortown, New York
| Taylortown, New York | |
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| Hamlet | |
  Taylortown, New York Location within the state of New York | |
| Coordinates: 42°44′47″N 75°05′02″W / 42.74639°N 75.08389°WCoordinates: 42°44′47″N 75°05′02″W / 42.74639°N 75.08389°W[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Otsego |
| Town | Otsego |
| Elevation | 1,391[2] ft (424 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 13337 |
| Area code(s) | 607 |
Taylortown is located 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north of the Hamlet of Fly Creek on Otsego County Route 26. Taylortown was founded by and named after the Taylor family, who moved there from Bennington, Vermont.
History
Thomas Taylor and his family moved from Bennington, Vermont to the Town of Otsego when there were only three log houses on the site of the village of Cooperstown. The Taylors settled in what would be later called Taylortown. Thomas purchased 1,000 acres for $1,000. Five hundred of those acres were in the town of Otsego. The Taylor children married and settled in the area.[3]
References
- ↑ "Taylortown". usgs.gov. usgs. 1980. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
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- ↑ "Taylortown". topozone.com. usgs. 1980. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
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- ↑ rootsweb, ancestry (2015). "Thomas Taylor". Ancestry.com. ancestry. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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