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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.
Walter Butler Homestead, also known as Butlersbury, is a historic home located near Fonda in Montgomery County, New York. It is a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, 40-foot-long, 30-foot-wide, 18th-century farmhouse. It has a limestone block foundation and cellar and attic.
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.
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.
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The FJ&G was incorporated in 1867, and their first train operated from Fonda to Gloversville, in 1870.Gloversville, named after several glove companies in the area (237 in 1905), was at the northern end of the FJ&G for a few years before the railroad extended northward by business owners.
Jane Fonda says she’s “happier than I’ve ever been” at 85 after beating cancer and continuing to work on new movies, including the upcoming ‘Book Club’ sequel.