Fly Creek

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Fly Creek

Total population

114

Median home value

$175,000

36%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$0

Elevation1302 m

Land area4.39 km²

Weather73°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Coordinates42.72°, -74.98°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Fly Creek is a non-incorporated hamlet three miles west of the Village of Cooperstown on conjoined NY-28/NY-80, in the Town of Otsego, in Otsego County, New York, United States. The zipcode is 13337. The Fly Creek Cider Mill and Orchard is located by the hamlet. As of the 2020 census, Fly Creek had a population of 270.

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Fly Creek, NY from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

Garrett Eckbo

American landscape architect

Robert L. Gibson

American astronaut

George Miller Sternberg

American physician (1838–1915); 18th U.S. Army Surgeon General from 1893 to 1902

William Henry Bissell

American politician (1811–1860)

John Bell Hatcher

American paleontologist (1861–1904)

Charles Hazelius Sternberg

American paleontologist (1850-1943)

D

David E. Wellbery

American literary critic

J

John D. Freeman

American politician

Kenneth Bainbridge

American physicist (1904–1996)

Henry W. Harrington

American politician (1825-1882)

Omar D. Conger

American politician (1818–1898)

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Samuel Chase

American politician 1789-1838

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Steve Wilder

American actor

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Jon Gardella

Dutch sculptor

Nancy Dupree

American archaeologist (1927–2017)

Isaac Newton Arnold

American politician (1815–1884)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in New York

• Richfield Springs
  9.3 mi away
• Burlington Flats
  10.3 mi away · pop. 150
• Portlandville
  12.6 mi away
• Cherry Valley
  13 mi away · pop. 482
• Morris
  17.8 mi away · pop. 626
• Oneonta
  18.8 mi away
• Herkimer
  21.3 mi away · pop. 7,566
• East Herkimer
  21.6 mi away · pop. 659
• Little Falls
  23.4 mi away
• Nelliston
  24.1 mi away · pop. 707
• Canajoharie
  24.5 mi away
• Otego
  24.7 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Fly Creek

From Fly Creek

Jim Atwell · 2005

The Night Before Christmas

Clement Clarke Moore · 1857

Children and youth in a new nation

James Alan Marten · 2008

The printer's trial

Gail Jarrow · 2006

Fire Island

Jack Whitehouse · 2011

American Film

American Film Institute · 1975

The United States in Literature -- The Glass Menagerie Edition

James Edwin Miller · 1973

Empire of self

Jay Parini · 2015

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Western Conifer Seed Bug

Leptoglossus occidentalis

Seen 2026-10-11

Ravenel's stinkhorn

Phallus ravenelii

Seen 2026-10-09

Common Garter Snake

Thamnophis sirtalis

Seen 2026-10-08

Eastern Red-backed Salamander

Plethodon cinereus

Seen 2026-10-08

Starry Stonewort

Nitellopsis obtusa

Seen 2026-10-03

Giant Leopard Moth

Hypercompe scribonia

Seen 2026-09-28

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Seen 2026-09-26

New Guinea Impatiens

Impatiens hawkeri

Seen 2026-09-25

Eastern Carpenter Bee

Xylocopa virginica

Seen 2026-09-25

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).