Palatine Bridge (New York)
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Location in New York
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| Foundation : | 1723 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | new York | ||
| County : | Montgomery County | ||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 55 ′ N , 74 ° 34 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 737 (as of 2010) | ||
| Postal code : | 13428 | ||
| FIPS : | 36-56110 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 959768 | ||
Palatine Bridge (German: Palatine Bridge) is a village in Montgomery County in the state of New York in the United States of America . At the 2010 census, the place had 737 inhabitants. It is located in the western part of the county, west of Amsterdam , directly on the Mohawk River .
history
Palatine Bridge was founded in 1723 by so-called " German Palatines " who came to the USA in 1709 as a result of the mass emigration of the Palatinate people . The name is based on a bridge built in 1798 over the Mohawk River , which connects the place with the opposite city of Canajoharie .
The site has several landmarks that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places :
- the Frey House built in 1808 ,
- the Palatine Bridge Freight House , a historic freight yard , built in the mid-1850s,
- the Webster Wagner House , home of the railway pioneer Webster Wagner (1817–1882).
Individual evidence
- ↑ See John Warner Barber & Henry Howe, Historical Collections of the State of New York , New York 1841, p. 282 ( digitized version )
- ↑ Frey House, historical photo