Palatine Bridge is a

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in Montgomery County,

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, United States. The population was 796 at the 2020 census. The name refers to the community's location in a region settled by Palatine Germans. The village is in the town of Palatine.

History

Palatine Bridge was settled in 1723. A bridge across the

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here built in 1798 gave the community its name. The village was incorporated in 1867. The Frey House and Palatine Bridge Freight House 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 in the western part of Montgomery County at (42.910890, -74.574827). It is on the north side of the

across from the village of

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 ...

and the

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

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(Lafayette Street). NY-5, following the Mohawk River, leads east to

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and northwest to Little Falls, while NY-10 leads north to Caroga Lake and south into Canajoharie village and thence to Sharon Springs, distant. According to the

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, the village of Palatine Bridge has a total area of , of which are land and , or 7.25%, are water. The Mohawk River, here part of the

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system, accounts for the village's water area.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2010, there were 737 people, 311 households, and 182 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 335 housing units at an average density of . 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

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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 a Administrative divisions of New York (state), city in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York and county seat of Erie County, New York, Erie County. It l ...

, former mayor of Buffalo, New York * Anthony Dimond, Alaska judge and politician * George Alonzo Johnson, businessman * John G. McMynn, Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin, educator * Webster Wagner, local postmaster, state politician, and railroad inventor

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