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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.
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.
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.
Counties of New York Location State of New York Number 62 Populations 5,082 (Hamilton) – 2,561,225 (Kings) Areas 33.77 square miles (87.5 km 2) (New York) – 2,821 square miles (7,310 km 2) (St. Lawrence) Government County government Subdivisions Cities, Towns, Indian Reservations Part of a series on Regions of New York Downstate New York New York City Long Island Hudson Valley (Lower ...
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.
On Grounds Of Old Court House, Fonda Mohawk, Town Of, New York: Erected 1836 When Fonda Became County Seat. Scene Of Many Social Religious And Political Meetings 80: DANASCARA PLACE On Nys 5 About 3 Mis. E., Fonda Mohawk, Town Of, New York: Built 1795 By Col. Frederick Vischer Replacing House Which Was Burned In The Valley Raid Of 1780 81 ...
The Mohawk Valley region of the U.S. state of New York is the area surrounding the Mohawk River, sandwiched between the Adirondack Mountains and Catskill Mountains, northwest of the Capital District. As of the 2010 United States Census , the region's counties have a combined population of 622,133 people.
Fulton County was created on April 18, 1838, by a partition of Montgomery County, resulting in a county with an area of 550 square miles (1,400 km 2). [ 6 ] The old Tryon County courthouse, built in 1772, later the Montgomery County courthouse, became the Fulton County Courthouse , where it is New York's oldest operating courthouse.