Fonda (New York)
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Location in New York
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1751 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | new York | ||
| County : | Montgomery County | ||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 57 ′ N , 74 ° 23 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 795 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 496.9 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 1.6 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 90 m | ||
| Postal code : | 12068 | ||
| Area code : | +1 518 | ||
| FIPS : | 36-26462 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0950363 | ||
| Website : | villageoffonda.ny.gov | ||
| Mayor : | William F. Peeler | ||
Fonda is a village and the administrative seat of Montgomery County in the US state of New York . The city was named after one of the first settlers, the Dutchman Douw Fonda.
geography
The village is located in eastern New York State on the north bank of the Mohawk River across from the city of Fultonville and about 10 km west of the city of Amsterdam . New York State Routes 5, 30A and 334 run through the town.
history
The region is the former tribal area of the Mohawk . In the east of today's Fonda was the village "Caughnawaga", in which, among others, Kateri Tekakwitha lived (the first Indian woman to be canonized ). After an attack by the French on the village, the Mohawk were driven north to the St. Lawrence River , who founded Kahnawake there.
The official founding date of the place on the site of Caughnawaga by European settlers (mostly Germans and English) is the year 1751. They named Fonda after Jellis Douw Fonda, a Dutch settler who was scalped during an Indian attack in 1659. (Douw Fonda is an ancestor of the Fonda family of actors .)
After the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825 and the rail connection in 1835 to the east of New York State to Schenectady and from there to New York Central Station , Fonda's economic boom began. It became a center of agriculture (especially cheese-making). The first agricultural fair of the "Montgomery County Agricultural Society" was held in Fonda in 1841 and has been held every year since then.
Web links
- villageoffonda.ny.gov: Detailed historical presentation, engl.
- fonda.org: Descendants of Jellis Douw Fonda (1614-1659), engl.
Individual evidence
- ↑ adherents.com: Settlement by the Fonda family, engl.
- ↑ fonda.org: History of the Fonda family, Eng.
- ↑ fondafair.com: Fair in Fonda, engl.