Fitch Hill

{{short description|Mountain in New York, United States}}

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| name = Fitch Hill

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| elevation = {{convert|1844|ft}}

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| location = Pierstown, New York, U.S.

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| coordinates = {{coord|42|45|56|N|74|57|04|W|type:mountain_region:US-NY_scale:100000_source:GNIS|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis

| id = 950185

| name = Fitch Hill

| access-date = 2017-06-03 }}

| topo = USGS Richfield Springs

| map = New York#USA

| map_caption = Location of Fitch Hill within New York

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Fitch Hill is a mountain located in Central New York Region of New York by Pierstown.{{cite web

| url = https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:0::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:950185,Fitch%20Hill

| title = fitch Hill

| date = 1980

| website = Geonames.usgs

| publisher = usgs

| access-date = 3 June 2017

| quote = data}} Fitch Hill is named after the Fitch family who were early settlers in the area.{{cite book |author= |title= History of Otsego County, New York |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofotsegoc00hurd|publisher= Everts and Farris |page= [https://archive.org/details/historyofotsegoc00hurd/page/248 248] |date= 1878}}

The first Methodist Episcopal Church of the Town of Otsego was organized in 1813. The society erected a church edifice in 1835, located on Fitch Hill. It was a plain building, about 24 by 30 feet.{{cite book |author= |title= History of Otsego County, New York |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofotsegoc00hurd|publisher= Everts and Farris |page= [https://archive.org/details/historyofotsegoc00hurd/page/251 251] |date= 1878}}