Amsterdam is a
city
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in
Montgomery County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 18,219. The city is named after
Amsterdam in the
Netherlands.
The City of Amsterdam is surrounded on the northern, eastern and western sides by the
town of
Amsterdam. The city developed on both sides of the
Mohawk River, with the majority located on the north bank. The Port Jackson area on the south side is also part of the city.
History
Prior to settlement by Europeans, the region which includes Amsterdam was inhabited for centuries by the
Mohawk tribe of the
Iroquois Confederacy
The Iroquois ( or ), officially the Haudenosaunee ( meaning "people of the longhouse"), are an Iroquoian-speaking confederacy of First Nations peoples in northeast North America/ Turtle Island. They were known during the colonial years to ...
, which dominated most of the
Mohawk Valley
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, th ...
. They had pushed the
Algonquin Mohican tribe to the east of the
Hudson River.
Dutch settlers began to arrive in the area in the 1660s, founding
Schenectady in 1664. They had previously been based in
Albany, along the Hudson River to the east. They reached what would later be Amsterdam c.1710. They called the community Veeders Mills and Veedersburgh after Albert Veeder, an early mill owner. By the second decade of the 1700s, Scotch-Irish and German Palatinate immigrants began to arrive in the Mohawk Valley region, but few settled in Amsterdam. The governor of the colony granted a group of 100 Palatine German households land in the area that developed as
Little Falls, New York to the west, where the English planned they could serve as a buffer to
French and Native American incursions.
["History of Amsterdam, NY"]
City of Amsterdam website
The
American Revolutionary War had little effect on the Amsterdam region. No major battles were fought there or in the surrounding region. The
Battle of Johnstown was essentially the repelling of a raid by British forces and their Native American, mostly Iroquois, allies.
Amsterdam grew slowly after the war, primarily providing the services needed for the farming communities which surrounded it.
It was located in the now-defunct Town of
Caughnawaga.
[Hamilton Child, ''History of Amsterdam, New York;'' Syracuse, New York 1869](_blank)
When the Town of Amsterdam was created, the city changed its name to Amsterdam in 1803, possibly to encourage its selection as the seat of the town's government.
After the War,
Loyalists such as the powerful
Johnson family fled to Canada. Sir William Johnson had long been the British agent of Indian Affairs for this region. Many new land-hungry settlers came from New England as the state sold off former Iroquois lands for development.
The settlement was
incorporated as a
village on April 20, 1830, from a section of the Town of Amsterdam.
This was a period of rapid growth for the village, influenced by major transportation developments. In turn, the
Mohawk Turnpike
New York State Route 5 (NY 5) is a state highway that extends for across the state of New York in the United States. It begins at the Pennsylvania state line in the Chautauqua County town of Ripley and passes through Buffalo, Syr ...
, the
Erie Canal, and construction of the railroad across the valley improved trade. The steeply descending creeks in the region, which flowed from the foothills of the
Adirondacks, were used to power an increasing number of mills. These manufactured goods that were shipped from the region by land, canal and rail. Products such as linseed oil, brooms, knit ware, buttons, and iron goods were produced in the growing village, which became an important manufacturing center. It was best known, however, for its carpets, eventually becoming the carpet and rug manufacturing center of the U.S.
Through the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Amsterdam was a destination for immigrants from Europe: Irish, Italian, Polish, and Lithuanian peoples, among others, who found work in the factories.
In 1865, the population of Amsterdam was 5,135.
New
charters in 1854, 1865, and 1875 increased the size of the village. In 1885, Amsterdam incorporated as a city; it expanded by annexing Rockton to the north, and the former village of Port Jackson on the south side of the Mohawk River was annexed to become the fifth ward of the city. By 1920, the city's population was 33,524.
In the
Great Depression
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, the mills slowed down their output, but did not close. The city survived the two world wars without significant effect. Shortly after World War II, however, manufacturing in general began to move to the southern United States, where labor costs and taxes were lower. The mills of Amsterdam also shifted their jobs to the South. After a period in the South, that region lost industrial jobs to overseas locations.
Additionally, the second and third generations of the city's immigrant families often left to go to college and did not return, as there were few jobs to attract college-educated citizens. The city attempted to re-create its industrial base, but these efforts were not particularly successful.
Subsequent city and State projects intended for improved commuting and
urban renewal
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resulted in eroding the local character of the city. As the city's website expresses it:
In an attempt to draw people and business back to Amsterdam, the City and State began a program of urban renewal and arterial roadway construction, destroying much of the original fabric of downtown. Now, not only is there less to go downtown for, it's harder to get there. Once again, Amsterdam is somewhere to be bypassed on the way to somewhere else.
In the early 21st century, post-industrial Amsterdam is still trying to re-invent itself.
[ The city suffered serious flood damage in late August 2011, in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene. The flooding threatened properties at the river's edge due to erosion and water damage.
]
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.3 square miles (16.3 km), of which 5.9 square miles (15.4 km) is land and 0.3 square miles (0.9 km) is water, with the total area being 5.41% water. The city developed on both sides of the Mohawk River and Erie Canal, and both North Chuctanunda Creek and South Chuctanunda Creek flow into the Mohawk at Amsterdam.
New York State Route 30, a north-south highway called Market Street in part, crosses the Mohawk River to link the main part of Amsterdam to the New York State Thruway. NY-30 also intersects east-west highways New York State Route 5 and New York State Route 67 in the city. New York State Route 5S passes along the south side of the Mohawk River.
Amsterdam is currently within New York's 20th congressional district.
Economy
In the 19th century, the city of Amsterdam was known for carpet, textile, and pearl button, manufacturing. It continued to be a center for carpet-making in the 20th century, when the Bigelow-Sanford
The Bigelow-Hartford Carpet Mills were once one of the largest manufacturers of carpeting in the United States. The company's early 20th-century factories, located in Thompsonville, Connecticut, were listed on the National Register of Historic Pl ...
and Mohawk Mills Carpet companies both were located in Amsterdam, but these companies have relocated to other regions. Amsterdam was also the home of Coleco, makers of the ColecoVision, Cabbage Patch Kids and the Coleco Adam. Founded in 1932 as the Connecticut Leather Company, Coleco went bankrupt in 1988 after a failed attempt to enter the electronics market, and pulled out of Amsterdam, as well as its other North American manufacturing sites.
The enclosed shopping center is named the Amsterdam Riverfront Center. Once filled with clothing shops, the mall complex has been adapted for offices of doctors, public assistance services, community organizations, a radio station, and an off-track betting site.
Media in Amsterdam includes one print newspaper
''The Recorder''
which is owned by the Schenectady-based Daily Gazette, an online newspaper
''The Mohawk Valley Compass''
and two AM radio stations, WVTL and WCSS.
In the early 2000s, distribution centers began being constructed in the Florida Business Park in the Town of Florida, which is located just outside the City of Amsterdam. The park currently holds Target, Hill & Marks, Alpin Haus, and most recently, Dollar General. In 2019, Vida Blend broke ground on a new distribution center in the park. Some thousands of city and adjacent county residents are now employed by these businesses.
Demographics
As of the census["Amsterdam, New York (city)"]
QuickFacts page from the U.S. Census Bureau's American FacFinder. Accessed: May 21, 2012 of 2010, there were 18,620 people, 8,324 households, and 4,721 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,176.4 people per square mile (1,226.4/km). There were 9,218 housing units at an average density of 1,573 per square mile (607/km). The racial makeup of the city was 80.4% White (68.1% Non Hispanic White), 3.8% Black or African American, 0.6% Native American, 0.9% Asian, 0% Pacific Islander and 3.4% from two or more races. 26.2% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 8,146 households in the city, with the average household size being 2.24 persons. In the city, 25.0% of the people were under the age of 18 and 15.8% were age 65 or older.[ The median income for a household in the city, based on data from 2007 to 2011, was $38,699.][
]
Transportation
The City of Amsterdam is at the convergence of State Routes 5, 30, and 67. The New York State Thruway/Interstate 90 is slightly less than one mile to the southwest of the city.
Amsterdam also has passenger rail access provided by Amtrak. Three trains stop daily at the Amsterdam Station which is located off of State Route 5 in the western part of the city.
* The Maple Leaf, operating between Toronto Union Station, and New York Penn Station
* Two Empire Service trains, operating between Niagara Falls and New York Penn Station
In 2022, CDTA began providing bus services with two inner-city routes, a Thruway Express route, and an Amsterdam-Schenectady route.
The City of Amsterdam has two Level 3 DC Fast Chargers for electric vehicles provided by New York Power Authority's Evolve NY program. These chargers are located at the city owned parking lot in downtown near the Amsterdam Free Library
The Amsterdam Free Library, located at 28 Church Street in Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York was built from 1902 to 1903 and was designed by Albert W. Fuller in the Beaux-Arts style. It is a Carnegie library, the building of which was funde ...
. Other chargers are located throughout the city at various parks.
Sports
*Amsterdam's municipal golf course was designed by Robert Trent Jones.
*The city is home to the Amsterdam Mohawks baseball team of the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League. The team plays at Shuttleworth Park.
*The Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame was located in Amsterdam until November 2015, when it relocated to Wichita Falls, Texas.
Places of interest
*The Mohawk Valley Gateway Overlook pedestrian bridge spans the Mohawk River and connects the city's Bridge Street downtown area on the south shore and Riverlink Park on the north. It was built from 2014 to 2016.
* Lock E11 was built to facilitate water traffic on the Mohawk River/Erie Canal; it is one of 8 locks which include a truss structure which spans the river and which has multiple steel gates which can be opened and closed by the use of electric winches in order to dam the river or let it flow freely.
*The Sanford Clock Tower, also known as the Sanford Mills, the Hasbro Plant, the Coleco Industries Plant – where Cabbage Patch Dolls and ColecoVision were manufactured in the 1970s and 1980s – and, currently, the Clock Tower Complex, was built in 1922 for carpet magnate Stephen Sanford
Stephen Sanford (May 26, 1826 – February 13, 1913) was an American businessman and a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York's 18th congressional district.
Life and career
Born in Mayfield, New York, he was the son ...
as the headquarters and mill of the Sanford-Bigelow Carpet Company. The current owners, who bought the property in 2001, hope to attract small businesses and professional as well as manufacturing and warehousing businesses to the building.
Although ill-considered urban renewal
Urban renewal (also called urban regeneration in the United Kingdom and urban redevelopment in the United States) is a program of land redevelopment often used to address urban decay in cities. Urban renewal involves the clearing out of blighte ...
highway projects did significant damage to the city's historic downtown, a few historic buildings and sites, mostly from the 19th and 20th centuries, remain in the city, and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP):
*Amsterdam (46th Separate Company) Armory
Amsterdam Castle, also known as the Amsterdam Armory, located at 49 Florida Avenue at the intersection with Dewitt Street in Amsterdam, New York, Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York was built in 1895 by Isaac G. Perry in the castellated Victori ...
was built in 1895 as an armory for the New York Army National Guard
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and was decommissioned in 1994. It is now a bed and breakfast inn called the Amsterdam Castle
Amsterdam Castle, also known as the Amsterdam Armory, located at 49 Florida Avenue at the intersection with Dewitt Street in Amsterdam, New York, Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York was built in 1895 by Isaac G. Perry in the castellated Victori ...
;
*Amsterdam City Hall
Amsterdam City Hall is a historic Seat of local government, city hall complex located in Amsterdam (city), New York, Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York. The complex includes the former Sanford Mansion, laundry building, and carriage house. T ...
was built in 1869 as the residence of carpet magnate Stephen Sanford
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Life and career
Born in Mayfield, New York, he was the son ...
. In 1932 it was deeded to the city to become its city hall;
*the Amsterdam Free Library
The Amsterdam Free Library, located at 28 Church Street in Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York was built from 1902 to 1903 and was designed by Albert W. Fuller in the Beaux-Arts style. It is a Carnegie library, the building of which was funde ...
is a Carnegie library which was built in 1903;
*the Gray-Jewett House, was built in 1890;
* Green Hill Cemetery;
*the Greene Mansion was built in 1881;
*Guy Park Manor
Guy Park, also known as Guy Park State Historic Site or Guy Park Manor, is a house built in 1774 in the Georgian style for Guy Johnson, the Irish-born nephew and son-in-law to Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, the British Superintendent for ...
was built in 1774 in the Georgian style for Guy Johnson, the Irish-born nephew and son-in-law to Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, the British Superintendent for Indian Affairs in colonial New York. It replaced an earlier house which burnt down. The house and the land it is located on sustained significant damage from Hurricane Irene; the house is located in close proximity to Lock E11;
*the Guy Park Avenue School }
The Guy Park Avenue School is a historic school building located at 300 Guy Park Avenue in Amsterdam, New York, Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York. It was built in 1902 and is a two-story, square brick building on a raised stone foundation. ...
was built in 1902 and ceased being used as a school in 1968;
*Samuel Sweet Canal Store
Samuel Sweet Canal Store is a historic commercial building located at 65 Bridge Street in Amsterdam (city), New York, Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York. It was built c.1847 to service barges on the Erie Canal, as both a store and a forward ...
was built in 1847 to service barges on the Erie Canal as both a store and a forwarding warehouse;
*the Saint Stanislaus Roman Catholic Church Complex
Saint Stanislaus Roman Catholic Church Complex is a historic Roman Catholic church complex at 42, 46, 50 Cornell Street, and 73 Reid Street in Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York. The complex consists of four contributing buildings:
*St. St ...
contains a church (1897, enlarged 1912), a school building (1906, closed in 2011), a former convent, now the parish center (1934) and a rectory
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Function
A clergy house is typically ow ...
(1941);
*the Temple of Israel is a synagog built in 1901;
* United States Post Office built in 1936; and
*Vrooman Avenue School
The
Vrooman Avenue School is a historic school building located at 400 Vrooman Avenue in Amsterdam (city), New York, Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York. It was built in 1918 and is a two-story, H-shaped, yellow brick institutional building. ...
, built in 1916 and ceased operating as a school in 1975; it is now an apartment building.
The Chalmers Knitting Mills was added to the NRHP
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in 2010, but was later demolished.
Houses of worship
* Calvary Assembly of God ( Pentecostal)
* Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses
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* Congregation Sons of Israel (Jewish)
* Covenant Presbyterian Church
* Crossroads Community Church ( independent)
* Five Buddha Temple
* First Reformed
Reform is beneficial change
Reform may also refer to:
Media
* ''Reform'' (album), a 2011 album by Jane Zhang
* Reform (band), a Swedish jazz fusion group
* ''Reform'' (magazine), a Christian magazine
*''Reforme'' ("Reforms"), initial name of the ...
Church
* Goddess of Mercy Temple (Buddhist)
* Iglesia de Dios, Torre Fuerte (Hispanic Pentecostal)
* Lord of the Harvest Church (Non-denominational)
* Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Catholic)
* Pilgrim Holiness Church
*
Salvation Army
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* Segunda Sinagoga (Pentocostal)
* Seventh-day Adventist Church
* St. Ann's (Episcopal Church (United States)">Episcopal
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** Episcopal Church (United State ...
)
* St. Luke's (Lutheran)
* St. Mary's (Roman Catholic)
* St. Nicholas (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church">Ukrainian Catholic
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* Latin Church in Ukraine
* Greek Catholic Churches (Eastern Catholic communities of the Byzantine Rite, centered in Ukraine, in communion with the Church of Rome)
** Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church
**Ukrai ...
)
* Saint Stanislaus Roman Catholic Church Complex">St. Stanislaus (Roman Catholic)
* The Time for Truth
* Trinity Lutheran
* United Presbyterian Church
Education
Public schools
Elementary
* William H. Barkley Elementary
* William B. Tecler Arts in Education Magnet School
* Marie Curie Institute of Engineering & Communications
* Raphael J. McNulty Academy for International Studies and Literacy
Secondary
*Wilbur H. Lynch Literacy Academy
*Amsterdam High School (part of the Greater Amsterdam School District, located in the Town of Amsterdam)Amsterdam High School
Private schools
*St. Mary's Institute
Library
The Amsterdam Free Library
The Amsterdam Free Library, located at 28 Church Street in Amsterdam, Montgomery County, New York was built from 1902 to 1903 and was designed by Albert W. Fuller in the Beaux-Arts style. It is a Carnegie library, the building of which was funde ...
at 28 Church Street is a Carnegie library built in 1902-1903 with $25,000 from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. It was designed by Albert W. Fuller in the Beaux-Arts style.
The Arts
Amsterdam is rich in the Arts. Amsterdam High School is the home of the award-winning Amsterdam Marching Rams, one of the top marching bands in the area. AHS also supports a thriving theater program, with performances housed in the Bert DeRose Theatre. The Marching Rams are directed by Ann Wilary, director, and Cody Chamberlain, assistant director. The Theatre program is led by Chris Stefani.
Amsterdam also has opportunities for music within the community. The Mohawk Valley Choir has three ensembles: one for elementary-aged, one for middle-high school aged, and adults. The Mohawk Valley Chamber Ensembles are an extension of this program, founded and directed by Stephanie Podolec.
Government
Amsterdam's government consists of a city council and a mayor. The mayor is elected in a citywide vote. The council consists of five members each elected from wards.
Mayors
Notable people
Notable natives or residents of Amsterdam include:
*Justice Smith 1991-1994 Amsterdam High School Running Rams Tailback Former Section 2 class B All Time High School Rushing leader, Boston College eagles Rb,world league football (European league)
* Gary Aldrich, FBI agent assigned to the White House under Presidents George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker BushSince around 2000, he has been usually called George H. W. Bush, Bush Senior, Bush 41 or Bush the Elder to distinguish him from his eldest son, George W. Bush, who served as the 43rd president from 2001 to 2009; pr ...
and Clinton
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; author of a book about the Clinton administration
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* Bruce Anderson, Medal of Honor recipient, American Civil War soldier
* Benedict Arnold
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(1780–1849), United States Congressman from New York
* Felix Joseph Aulisi, New York Supreme Court
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Justice, Appellate Division
* Josh Beekman
Josh Beekman (born June 30, 1983) is the current American football offensive line coach with Concord University and a former guard in the National Football League (NFL). He played High School football in his hometown of Amsterdam, New York. He pl ...
, former National Football League offensive guard (Chicago Bears
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)
* Benjamin Paul Blood, inventor, poet, and philosopher
* Matthias J. Bovee
Matthias Jacob Bovee (July 24, 1793 – September 12, 1872) was an American farmer and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1835 to 1837.
Biography
Born in Amsterdam, New York, Bovee attended the rural scho ...
, United States Congressman from New York
* Roger Bowman, professional baseball player
* Lucille Bremer, actress
* Tim Buckley, musician
* Dr. Tom Catena
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, physician, humanitarian
* Todd Cetnar
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High s ...
, played professional basketball in the United Kingdom
* William B. Charles
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Life
Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Charles attended private schools and high schools in Stirling and Glasgow, Scotland. He immigrated to the Un ...
, former US Congressman
* Jessica Collins (Birth name: Jessica Capogna), actress
* Charles Dayan, United States Congressman from New York and former Lieutenant Governor of New York
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* Kirk Douglas
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, actor
* Mary Anne Krupsak, New York State Lieutenant Governor
* John Henry Manny
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, inventor of the Manny Reaper
* H. Edmund Machold, Speaker of the New York State Assembly
* Chris Marcil
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Producing credits
*''How I Met Your Mother'' (consulting producers)
*''Frasier'' (executive producers)
*''NewsR ...
, television producer, writer, and actor
* George Miles, Michigan Supreme Court justice
* Marilyn Hall Patel, federal judge for , vacated the conviction of Fred Korematsu of the 1944 Supreme Court ruling in ''Korematsu v. United States
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''
* Rocco Petrone, Apollo program director
* Todd Pettengill, former professional wrestling show host and announcer for World Wrestling Entertainment.
* David Pietrusza, author, historian, memoirist
* Homer P. Snyder, former US Congressman
* Vernon Tichenor
Vernon Tichenor (August 28, 1815 – January 20, 1892) was an American politician and lawyer.
Born in Amsterdam (city), New York, Amsterdam, New York (state), New York, Tichenor graduated from Union College in 1838. He then studied law and was ...
, Wisconsin State Assemblyman
* Ray Tomlinson, implemented the first person-to-person network email
* Paul Tonko, Congressional Representative from New York, former New York State Assemblyman
* Beth Van Duyne, Congressional Representative from Texas, former mayor of Irving, Texas, and former HUD official
* Samuel Wallin, former US Congressman
* Willis Wendell
Willis Wendell (September 2, 1858 – January 25, 1928) was an American manufacturer and politician from New York.
Life
Wendell was born on September 2, 1858 in Amsterdam, New York. He was the son of Harmon Wendell, a drug store proprietor and k ...
, industrialist and New York State Senator
* Harrison Wilson, Jr.
Harrison Benjamin Wilson Jr. (April 21, 1925 – July 28, 2019) was an American health educator and college basketball coach who served as the second president of Norfolk State University from 1975 to 1997.
Early life
Wilson was born on April 21 ...
, American educator and college basketball coach who served as the second president of Norfolk State University from 1975–1997.
* Ruth Zakarian, Miss New York Teen USA 1983, Miss Teen USA 1983
Additional Published Resources
* Cinquanti, Michael ''A Year's Worth of Amsterdam NY Birthdays'', Amsterdam (NY): Genium Group.
* Cinquanti, Michael ''A Year's Worth of Amsterdam NY Birthdays'' (2nd edition), Amsterdam (NY): Genium Group, 2016.
* Cinquanti, Michael ''Amsterdam NY Top Ten Lists'', Amsterdam (NY): Genium Group, 2017.
* Donlon, Hugh P. ''Amsterdam, New York: Annals of a Mill Town'', Amsterdam (NY): Donlon Associates, 1980.
* Farquhar, Kelly Yacobucci and Scott G. Haefner ''Amsterdam'', Charleston (SC): Arcadia Publishing, 2006.
* Going, Robert N. ''Honor Roll: The World War II Dead of Amsterdam, NY'', Amsterdam (NY): George Street Press, 2010.
* Pietrusza, David ''Too Long Ago: A Childhood Memory. A Vanished World'', Scotia (NY): Church and Reid Books, 2020.
References
External links
City of Amsterdam website
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Cities in New York (state)
Cities in Montgomery County, New York
Populated places established in 1830
1830 establishments in New York (state)
Populated places on the Mohawk River