Fultonville is a

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in Montgomery County,

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, United States. The village is named after

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, inventor of the

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. As of the 2020 census, the village had a population of 742. Fultonville is on the south bank of the

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in the town of

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. It is west of the city of

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. In 2019, the area of the village that had been developed in the 19th and early 20th centuries was listed on the

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as the Fultonville

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, in recognition of its well-preserved architecture from its original settlement, the era centering around the development of the

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and afterwards.

History

The present village is located near the site of the Mohawk village of Andagaron, which was active during the middle of the seventeenth century and located about a mile to the west.

The first white settlement on the site was made around 1750 by John Evart Van Epps and was called "Van Epps Swamp" due to the swampland by the river. During the

American Revolution The American Revolution (1765–1783) was a colonial rebellion and war of independence in which the Thirteen Colonies broke from British America, British rule to form the United States of America. The revolution culminated in the American ...

, the homes that were located here were burned. Fultonville was founded around 1824 in anticipation of the opening of the

and was incorporated as a village on August 9, 1848. The

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, which was later absorbed into the

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system, erected a station in the village in 1889. John Henry Starin was born in August 1825 in Sammonsville on the north side of the Mohawk, when the Erie Canal was in its infancy. His father, Myndert, had a tavern along the river, and his grandfather, John, was a farmer who had served in the military during the American Revolution. The family was successful and had some money, but Starin would become one of the richest men in America as president of the Starin City River & Harbor Transportation Co. and as director of the North River Bank in New York City and the Fultonville National Bank.

Original trustees

* Howland Fish - President *Andrew J Yates *William B Wemple *Thomas R Horton *Delancey D Starin

Mayors

* Howland Fish em 848-1849 * Cornelius Gardinier hig 850-1851*H.P. Voorhees 852-1854* Jeptha Root Simms 855-1856 *Frothingham Fish ep 856-1857*William E. Eacker 858-1859*T.R. Horton 859-1860*Warren I Ingham 860-1861 *Joesph M Yates 861-1862 * John H. Starin ep 862-1863 *J.A.O South Union Party 863-1864*William B Wemple 864-1865(1st Term) *John W Wilson 865-1866(1st Term) *John H. Gardiner 867-1868*William B Wemple 868-1869(2nd Term) *John W Wilson 869-1870(2nd Term) *H.B. Freeman 870-1871(1st Term) *William B Chapman 871-1872* Edward Wemple emocrat 873-1874*J.R. Putman 874-1875*William E Eacker 875-1876(1st Term) *Everrett A Yates 876-1877*Charles H Quackenbush 877-1878*John W Wilson 878-1879(3rd Term) *H.B. Freeman 879-1880(2nd Term) *William R Chapman 880-1881*Charles A Donaldson 881-1882(1st Term) *Michael Reapdon 882-1883*William E Eacker 883-1884(2nd Term) *Charles A Donaldson 884-1885(2nd Term) *William Cross 885-1886*Nicholas V Peek 886-1887*Lorenzo V Peek 887-1888*Charles A Donaldson 888-1890(3rd Term) *Robert Wemple em 890-1893*William P Myers 893-1895*William J Peddle 895-1897*Robert B Fish 897-1899*Charles Richard 899-1903*H. Seymour Wemple 903-1906*Phillip Abel 906-1907*Robert Wemple Sr. 907-1908*William Van Epps 908-1909(1st Term) *Rufus Rchtmyer epublican 909-1910*Richard Brace emocrat 910-1911(1st Term) *Henry Johnson 911-1912*Robert T Craig 912-1913*Edward J Gilbert 913-1917(1st Term) *William Van Epps 917-1918(2nd Term) *Christian P Wemple 918-1919*A.L. Van Horne 919-1920*Edward J Gilbert 920-1921(2nd Term) *Richard Brace 921-1922 emocrat(2nd Term) *OR J Brand 922-1923*A.J. Wemple 923-1924*Edward J Gilbert 924-1928(3rd Term) *L.N. Vedder 928-1933*William B Foody 933-1937 *Peter Rossi 937-1951 *George Synder epublican 951-1957 *Henry Lorentzen emocrat 957-1959*Raymond Carpenter 959- Jan 1960(Resigned) *Raymond Siviek an 1960 - March 1960(Acting) *Edward S Yates ndependent Democrat arch 1960 - June 1987 *George Wadsworth ine Tree Party une 1987 - March 1991*Gary Gifford Sr. ndependent arch 1991 - April 1995*Daniel Szabo ndependent Democrat pril 1995 - Sept 2000(Resigned) *Robert Headwell epublican ept 2000 - 2016(Resigned to run for County Legislator) *George Donaldson epublican 016- March 2017(Acting) *Ryan B Weitz ultonville Future arch 2017 - May 2017(Resigned after one month) *Linda Petterson-Law ommunity[Appointed May 2017 to March 31, 2018, elected March 2018 for term April 1, 2018, to March 31, 2019, elected March 2019, term April 1, 2019, to March 31, 2023 *Timothy Morford ultonville Future[April 2023–present]

Attractions

Cobblestone Hall and Free Library

Cobblestone Hall and Free Library was built sometime before 1868 when the house belonged to C. B. Freeman. Freeman was the proprietor of Fultonville Steam Mills. He lived at this residence until at least 1878 when F. W. Beers published a history of Montgomery and Fulton counties. By 1905, a large wooden addition had been made to the rear of the building which was then called "Cobblestone Free Hall and Library". Most of the building still stands aside from the addition, and has since been converted into a private residence.

Other attractions

* Fultonville Cemetery– original burying ground for the Protestant Dutch Church of Fultonville * Glen Ridge Motorsports Park– auto racing facility

Geography

Fultonville is located in northern Montgomery County at (42.946764, -74.369395), along the northern edge of the town of

. It is on the south bank of the

with the village of Fonda on the opposite shore, linked by a bridge carrying NY-30A. The Mohawk River is part of the

at this location. According to the

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, the village of Fultonville covers a total area of , of which are land and , or 8.27%, are water. The

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(

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) passes through the community, with access from Exit 28. The Thruway leads southeast to Albany and west to Utica.

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(Maple Avenue) parallels the Thruway and intersects

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(Main Street) in Fultonville. NY-5S leads east to

and west to

Canajoharie Canajoharie (), also known as the "Upper Castle", was the name of one of two major towns of the Mohawk nation in 1738. The community stretched for a mile and a half along the southern bank of the Mohawk River, from a village known as ''Dekanohag ...

, while NY-30A leads north across the river into Fonda and then to Johnstown, and south to Sloansville.

Climate

The climate is hemiboreal. The average temperature is . The warmest month is July, at , and the coldest is January, at . The average rainfall is per year. The wettest month is May, with of rain, and the driest month is September, with .

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, 710 people, 279 households, and 191 families resided in the village. The population density was . The 309 housing units create an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 99.00%

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, 1.00% Latino. A total of 99.52% spoke English, 0.36% spoke German and 0.12% spoke Polish. 33.0% of households had children under age 18 living with them. 44.4% were

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living together. 17.6% had a female householder with no husband present. 31.2% were non-families. 25.8% of all households were made up of single individuals and 11.8% had someone living alone aged 65+. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 2.96. 27.7% were under age 18, 9.4% from 18 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 21.4% from 45 to 64, and 14.5% who were 65+. The median age was 35. For every 100 females, the village hosted 87.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.6 males. The median household income was $32,361, and the median family income was $34,167. Males had a median income of $30,500 versus $20,909 for females. The

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for the village was $15,283. About 3.4% of families and 6.9% of the population were below the

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, including 3.3% of those under age 18 and 4.5% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Fultonville is within the Fonda-Fultonville Central School District.

Religion

Image:Reformed Church Fultonville.jpg, Reformed Church - 1907-1915 Image:Methodist Church Fultonville.jpg, Methodist Church - 1907-1915 File:Calvary Baptist Church, Fultonville, NY Postcard.jpg, Calvary Baptist Church - 1907-1915 * Fultonville Reformed Church * Fonda-Fultonville United Methodist Church (torn down after fire March 14, 2017} * Calvary Baptist Church (no longer in use)

Cemeteries

* Maple Avenue Cemetery - Est. 1874 * Old Fultonville Cemetery

References

External links

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Area history for Fultonville
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