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Fonda is a village in and the county seat of Montgomery County, New York, United States. [2] The population was 795 at the 2010 census. The village is named after Douw Fonda, [3] a Dutch-American settler who was killed and scalped in 1780, during a Mohawk raid in the Revolutionary War, when the tribe was allied with the British.
Caughnawaga Indian Village Site (also known as the Veeder site) is an archaeological site located just west of Fonda in Montgomery County, New York.It is the location of a 17th-century Mohawk nation village.
Caughnawaga Indian Village Site, a village of the Mohawk nation inhabited from 1666 to 1693, now an archaeological site near the village of Fonda, New York; Caughnawaga, New York, a town in Montgomery County eliminated by subdivision in 1793; Caughnawaga Indians, Native Americans who converted to Christianity
Fonda – The Village of Fonda is the county seat, and is located on the north bank of the Mohawk River on NY Route 5. It is near the Caughnawaga Indian Village Site. Tribes Hill – A hamlet in the eastern part of the town on NY-5. Yosts – A hamlet on NY-5 and the north bank of the Mohawk River, west of Fonda.
Today the Caughnawaga Indian Village Site is a state-recognized archeological site. French Jesuits established a mission there, which operated for about 10 years ranging from 1668 to 1679; they taught some of the Mohawk to read and write in French, as well as teaching them about Christianity (Roman Catholicism).
Montgomery County is a county in the U.S. state of New York.As of the 2020 census, the population was 49,532. [2] The county seat is Fonda. [3] The county was named in honor of Richard Montgomery, an American Revolutionary War general killed in 1775 at the Battle of Quebec.
Douw Jellise Fonda (1700–1780) was a prominent settler and trader in the Mohawk Valley of New York State. The village of Fonda, New York is named for him. [1] Douw Fonda was born in Schenectady, New York on August 22, 1700, the third child of Jillis (or Jelles) Adam and Rachel (Winnie) Fonda. He married Maritje Vrooman on October 29, 1725.
Amsterdam, Canajoharie, Fonda, Glen, Minden, Mohawk, Palatine and St. Johnsville Successor to Erie Canal approved by state voters in early 20th century to compete with railroads 40
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