Palatine Bridge is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

in Montgomery County,

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, United States. The population was 737 at the 2010 census. The basis of the name is the community's location in a region settled by

Palatine Germans Palatines (german: Pfälzer), also known as the Palatine Dutch, are the people and princes of Palatinates ( Holy Roman principalities) of the Holy Roman Empire. The Palatine diaspora includes the Pennsylvania Dutch and New York Dutch. In 1709 ...

. The Village of Palatine Bridge is in the Town of Palatine. The community is in the western part of the county, west of

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History

Palatine Bridge was settled in 1723. A bridge across the Mohawk River here built in 1798 gave the community its name. The village was incorporated in 1867. The

Frey House Frey House is a historic home located at Palatine Bridge in Montgomery County, New York. It was built in 1808 and consists of a double-pile, center-hall-plan main block with a -story, stone kitchen wing added in 1882, and sun porch dated to 1931. ...

Palatine Bridge Freight House Palatine Bridge Freight House is a historic freight depot located at Palatine Bridge in Montgomery County, New York. It is a rectangular limestone building constructed in the mid-1850s. It measures 300 feet long and is a fine example of a mid 19th ...

, and

Webster Wagner House Webster Wagner House was a historic home located at Palatine Bridge in Montgomery County, New York. It was built in 1876 and designed by architect Horatio Nelson White (1814–1892) as the home for railroad car magnate Webster Wagner (1817–1882 ...

are listed on the

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. In 2019 most of the developed portion of the village was listed on the Register as the Palatine Bridge Historic District.

Geography

Palatine Bridge is located at (42.910890, -74.574827). According to the

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, the village has a total area of , of which is land and (6.32%) is water. The village is on the north side of the

Mohawk River The Mohawk River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed October 3, 2011 river in the U.S. state of New York. It is the largest tributary of the Hudson River. The Mohawk f ...

across from the Village of Canajoharie and the

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(Grand Street) passes through Palatine Bridge, where it intersects with

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(Lafayette Street).

Demographics

As of the

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of 2010, there were 737 people, 311 households, and 182 families residing in the village. The

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was 795.2 people per square mile (306.3/km²). There were 335 housing units at an average density of 344.6 per square mile (132.7/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 98% White, 0.1% African American, 0.5% Asian, and 1.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.6% of the population. There were 311 households, out of which 21.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.5% were

married couples Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between t ...

living together, 9.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.5% were non-families. 23.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 43.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.13 and the average family size was 2.72. In the village, the population was spread out, with 13.2% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 16.7% from 25 to 44, 30% from 45 to 64, and 31.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 53 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 76.4 males. The median income for a household in the village was $29,773, and the median income for a family was $58,393. Males had a median income of $53,083 versus $31,667 for females. The

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for the village was $25,854. About 8.1% of families and 11.8% of the population were below the

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, including 1.4% of those under age 18 and 13.4% of those age 65 or over.

Notable people

Eli Cook Eli Cook (1814–1865) was Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York Buffalo is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of New York (behind only New York City) and the seat of Erie County. It is at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the he ...

, former Mayor of Buffalo, New York *

Anthony Dimond Anthony Joseph Dimond (November 30, 1881 – May 28, 1953) was an American Democratic Party politician who was the Alaska Territory Delegate in the United States House of Representatives from 1933 to 1945. Dimond was also an early champion of Al ...

, Alaska judge and politician *

George Alonzo Johnson George Alonzo Johnson (1824–1903) 49er, entrepreneur, and California politician. Johnson was born on August 16, 1824, in Palatine Bridge, New York. In 1849 as a sailor he heard of the discovery of gold and left New York drawn by the Californ ...

, businessman *

John G. McMynn John Gibson McMynn (July 9, 1824June 5, 1900) was an American educator and school system administrator. He was the 7th Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction, the first president of the Wisconsin Teachers Association, and the founder of ...

, Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin, educator *

Webster Wagner Webster Wagner (October 2, 1817 – January 13, 1882) was an American inventor, manufacturer and politician from New York. Life Wagner was born near Palatine Bridge, New York. He developed a wagon-making business with his brother James. The bu ...

, local postmaster, state politician, and railroad inventor

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