Fonda, New York
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Fonda is a village in and the county seat of Montgomery County, New York, United States.[2] The population was 668 at the 2020 census. The village is named after Douw Fonda,[3] a Dutch-American settler who was killed and scalped in 1780, during a Mohawk raid in the Revolutionary War, when the tribe was allied with the British.
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Fonda, New York | |
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Coordinates: 42°57′16″N 74°22′32″W | |
Country | United States |
State | New York |
County | Montgomery |
Incorporated | 1850 |
Area | |
• Total | 0.61 sq mi (1.58 km2) |
• Land | 0.54 sq mi (1.40 km2) |
• Water | 0.07 sq mi (0.18 km2) |
Elevation | 295 ft (90 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 668 |
• Density | 1,239.33/sq mi (478.27/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP code | 12068 |
Area code | 518 |
FIPS code | 36-26462 |
GNIS feature ID | 0950363 |
Website | villagefonda |
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The Village of Fonda is in the Town of Mohawk and is west of Amsterdam. In 1993, the Mohawk people bought land here to re-establish the Kanatsiohareke community formerly at this site.
The Fonda Fair is an annual agricultural event that takes place in August.