Fonda, New York

Fonda, New York
NY30A through Fonda
NY30A through Fonda
Fonda, New York is located in New York
Fonda, New York
Fonda, New York
Location within the state of New York
Coordinates: 42°57′16″N 74°22′32″W / 42.95444°N 74.37556°W / 42.95444; -74.37556
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountyMontgomery
Incorporated1850
Area
 • Total0.61 sq mi (1.58 km2)
 • Land0.54 sq mi (1.40 km2)
 • Water0.07 sq mi (0.18 km2)
Elevation
295 ft (90 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total668
 • Density1,239.33/sq mi (478.27/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
12068
Area code518
FIPS code36-26462
GNIS feature ID0950363
Websitevillagefonda.digitaltowpath.org:10193/content

Fonda is a village in and the county seat of Montgomery County, New York, United States.[2] The population was 668 at the 2020 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.

The Village of Fonda is in the Town of Mohawk and is west of Amsterdam. In 1993, the Mohawk people bought land here to re-establish the Kanatsiohareke community formerly at this site.

The Fonda Fair is an annual agricultural event that takes place in August.

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  2. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  3. ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 128.

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