This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2RB.2ACE/8530.1.1 Message Board Post: As Far As I Know, there is no "Ostego" anywhere in New York state. There are: - Otsego, about 3 miles west of Cooperstown in Otsego county - Otego, about 3 miles southwest of Oneonta in Otsego county - Oswego, in Oswego county right on Lake Ontario - Owego, about 10 miles west of Binghamton in Tioga county Part of your confusion may come from the fact that the settlement of what is now DeKalb was sponsored by Judge William Cooper, Fenimore Cooper's father. Again, as far as I know, none of the Coopers participated in the settlement of DeKalb. There is a Cooper's Falls just outside the hamlet of DeKalb. If you do a search at Mapquest, you'll find it.