New York State Route 80 is a highway along the western shore of Otsego Lake.

At Cooperstown, NY-80 joins NY-28 and they run concurrently towards Fly Creek.

Past Fly Creek the NY-28/NY-80 concurrency ends at New York State Route 205 in the western part of Otsego.

As of the census[6] of 2000, there were 3,904 people, 1,701 households, and 1,029 families residing in the town.

There were 2,193 housing units at an average density of 40.5 per square mile (15.6/km2).

33.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.