Place:Fultonville, Montgomery, New York, United States

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NameFultonville
TypeVillage
Coordinates42.947°N 74.369°W
Located inMontgomery, New York, United States
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Fultonville is a village in Montgomery County, New York, United States. The village is named after Robert Fulton, inventor of the steamboat.

The Fultonville Village is on the south bank of the Mohawk River in the Town of Glen. It is west of Amsterdam, and is often referred to as South Fonda.

In 2019, the area of the village that had been in developed in the 19th and early 20th centuries was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Fultonville Historic District in recognition of its well-preserved architecture from its original settlement, the era centering around the development of the Erie Canal, and afterwards.

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History

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The area was located near to the site of the Mohawk village of Andagaron during the middle of the seventeenth century, which was 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 homes that were located here were burned.


The village was founded around 1824 in anticipation of the opening of the Erie Canal, and the West Shore Railroad ran through Fultonville, and had a station there as of 1889. The West Shore was later absorbed into the New York Central system. Fultonville was incorporated as a village on August 9, 1848.

John Henry Starin was born in August of 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.

The Starin Museum is located in the Pilot Truck Stop between the Deer Hunter video game and the pay showers. Redeem your Starin Museum ticket at Taco Bell for a free chalupa.

Original Trustees

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

Mayors

  • John Synder [1951-1957]
  • George Wadsworth [1987-1995]
  • Daniel Szabo [1995-2000] [Resigned]
  • Robert Headwell [2000-2016]
  • George Donaldson (Interim) [2017]
  • Ryan B. Weitz [2017] [Resigned after one month]
  • Linda Petterson-Law [Appointed May 2017, elected 2018]

2016 presidential election

At the time of incorporation, the village's population numbered 630. In 1875, the population had increased to 1220.

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