Fonda, New York | |
|---|---|
 NY30A through Fonda | |
  Fonda, New York Location within the state of New York | |
| Coordinates: 42°57′16″N 74°22′32″W / 42.95444°N 74.37556°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 |
Fonda is a village in and the county seat of Montgomery County, New York, United States.[2] The population was 795 at the 2010 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.
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.
- ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on 2011-05-31. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 128.