Editing Montgomery County, New York

{{Short description|County in New York, United States}}
{{Distinguish|Montgomery (town), New York|Montgomery (village), New York}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Montgomery County
 | state                = New York
 | flag                 = Flag of Montgomery County, New York.jpg
 | seal                 = Montgomery County Seal.gif
 | ex image             = House in Amsterdam, NY crop.jpg
 | ex image cap         = [[Greene Mansion]] in [[Amsterdam (city), New York|Amsterdam]]
 | type                 = [[Counties of New York|County]]
 | founded              = March 12, 1772
 | seat wl              = Fonda
 | largest city         = [[Amsterdam (city), New York|Amsterdam]]
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 410
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 403
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 7.3
 | area percentage      = 1.8
 | census yr            = 2020
 | pop                  = 49532
 | pop_footnotes    = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Population%20Total&g=0400000US36%240500000&d=DEC%20Redistricting%20Data%20%28PL%2094-171%29|access-date=January 2, 2022|title=US Census 2020 Population Dataset Tables for New York|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>
 | pop_est_as_of        = 2024
 | pop_est_footnotes    = <ref name=qf>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/montgomerycountynewyork/PST045224|title=Montgomery County, New York|website=Census.gov|access-date= }}</ref>
 | population_est       = 49648 {{increase}}
 | density_sq_mi        = 123.2
 | web                  = www.co.montgomery.ny.us
 | district             = 20th
 | district2            = 21st
 | time zone            = Eastern
 | named for            = [[Richard Montgomery]]
}}

'''Montgomery County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[New York (state)|New York]]. As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 49,532.<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Montgomery County, New York|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/montgomerycountynewyork/PST120221|access-date=January 2, 2022|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> The [[county seat]] is [[Fonda, New York|Fonda]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=June 7, 2011|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> The county was named in honor of [[Richard Montgomery]], an [[American Revolutionary War]] general killed in 1775 at the [[Battle of Quebec (1775)|Battle of Quebec]]. The county is part of the [[Mohawk Valley]] region of the state.

The county is part of the [[Capital District (New York)|Albany-Schenectady-Troy combined statistical area]].

Historically occupied by the [[Mohawk people]], one of the original Five Nations of the [[Iroquois Confederacy]], the county was created in 1772 during the period of British colonial rule as [[Tryon County, New York|Tryon County]]. In 1784, after the Americans gained independence in the War, it was renamed Montgomery County for one of the heroes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/documents/NY_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm|title=New York: Individual County Chronologies|work=New York Atlas of Historical County Boundaries|publisher=The Newberry Library|date=2008|access-date=January 10, 2015|archive-date=April 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410224032/http://publications.newberry.org/ahcbp/documents/NY_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Montgomery County comprises the [[Amsterdam (city), New York|Amsterdam]], NY [[micropolitan statistical area]]. The county borders the north and south banks of the [[Mohawk River]].

==History==
{{more citations needed|section|date=August 2022}}
{{See also|Tryon County, New York}}
[[File:Chappel Montgomery full length.jpg|thumb|left|[[Major general]] [[Richard Montgomery]], namesake of Montgomery County]]
This area was occupied by the [[Mohawk people|Mohawk]] for hundreds of years prior to European colonization. Many warriors allied with the British during the war. When the British lost, they ceded all the Iroquois territory of the Six Nations (the Tuscarora had joined the confederacy in the 18th century) to the United States, without consulting the tribes or bringing them into negotiation.

In 1784, following end of the [[American Revolutionary War]], the European-American settlers renamed [[Tryon County, New York|Tryon County]] as Montgomery County. This change was to honor the general, [[Richard Montgomery]], who had captured several places in Canada and died in 1775 attempting to capture the city of [[Quebec City, Quebec|Quebec]] during the Revolutionary War. It replaced the name that formerly honored the last provincial governor of New York.

In 1789, [[Ontario County, New York|Ontario County]] was split off from Montgomery. The area of the new county was much larger than the present Ontario County, as it included the present [[Allegany County, New York|Allegany]], [[Cattaraugus County, New York|Cattaraugus]], [[Chautauqua County, New York|Chautauqua]], [[Erie County, New York|Erie]], [[Genesee County, New York|Genesee]], [[Livingston County, New York|Livingston]], [[Monroe County, New York|Monroe]], [[Niagara County, New York|Niagara]], [[Orleans County, New York|Orleans]], [[Steuben County, New York|Steuben]], [[Wyoming County, New York|Wyoming]], [[Yates County, New York|Yates]], and part of [[Schuyler County, New York|Schuyler]] and [[Wayne County, New York|Wayne counties]].

In 1791, [[Herkimer County, New York|Herkimer]], [[Otsego County, New York|Otsego]], and [[Tioga County, New York|Tioga]] counties were split off from Montgomery. In 1802, portions of [[Clinton County, New York|Clinton]], [[Herkimer County, New York|Herkimer]], and Montgomery counties were combined to form [[Saint Lawrence County, New York|St. Lawrence County]]. In 1816, [[Hamilton County, New York|Hamilton County]] was split off from Montgomery, but it did not have enough taxable inhabitants to be separately organized<ref>"A Gazetteer of New York State," Horatio Gates Spafford, second edition, 1824, p. 218</ref> until 1847. In May 1836, the county seat was moved from Johnstown to [[Fonda, New York|Fonda]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fultoncountyny.gov/fulton-county-court-house | title=Fulton County Court House &#124; FULTON COUNTY }}</ref> and in April 1838, [[Fulton County, New York|Fulton County]] was split off, with [[Johnstown, New York|Johnstown]] regaining that rank for the new Fulton County.

In 2012, Montgomery County voters approved a charter for government, making it the 21st county in New York state to do so. In 2013, Matthew L. Ossenfort was elected [[at-large]] as the first County Executive in the county's history. Ossenfort took office in 2014, the same year the charter went into effect. Under the terms of the charter, the Board of Supervisors was replaced by a nine-member County Legislature, with members elected from [[single-member district]]s. Thomas L. Quackenbush, one of the members, was elected as the first chairman of the new legislative body, which will be a circulating position.

===Congressional districts===
* 1789–1797 - None
* 1797–1803 - [[New York's 9th congressional district|NY9]]
* 1803–1809 - [[New York's 13th congressional district|NY13]]
* 1809–1813 - [[New York's 9th congressional district|NY9]]
* 1813–1823 - [[New York's 14th congressional district|NY14]]
* 1823–1833 - [[New York's 16th congressional district|NY16]]
* 1833–1843 - [[New York's 15th congressional district|NY15]]
* 1843–1853 - [[New York's 17th congressional district|NY17]]
* 1853–1873 - [[New York's 18th congressional district|NY18]]
* 1873–1875 - [[New York's 19th congressional district|NY19]]
* 1875–1893 - [[New York's 20th congressional district|NY20]]
* 1893–1913 - ?
* 1913–1945 - [[New York's 30th congressional district|NY30]]
* 1945–1953 - [[New York's 31st congressional district|NY31]]
* 1953–1963 - [[New York's 32nd congressional district|NY32]]
* 1963–1971 - [[New York's 35th congressional district|NY35]]
* 1971–1973 - [[New York's 28th congressional district|NY28]] & [[New York's 29th congressional district|NY29]]
* 1973–1983 - [[New York's 28th congressional district|NY28]] & [[New York's 31st congressional district|NY31]]
* 1983–1993 - [[New York's 23rd congressional district|NY23]] & ?
* 1993–2003 - [[New York's 21st congressional district|NY21]] & [[New York's 23rd congressional district|NY23]]
* 2003–2013-  [[New York's 21st congressional district|NY21]]
* 2013–2023 - [[New York's 19th congressional district|NY19]] & [[New York's 20th congressional district|NY20]]
* 2023–present - [[New York's 20th congressional district|NY20]] & [[New York's 21st congressional district|NY21]]

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|410|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|403|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|7.3|sqmi}} (1.8%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_36.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 5, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140519062322/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_36.txt|archive-date=May 19, 2014}}</ref>

Montgomery County is located in the central part of the state, west of the city of [[Schenectady, New York|Schenectady]] and northwest of [[Albany, New York|Albany]].

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Fulton County, New York|Fulton County]] - north
* [[Saratoga County, New York|Saratoga County]] - east
* [[Schenectady County, New York|Schenectady County]] - east
* [[Schoharie County, New York|Schoharie County]] - south
* [[Otsego County, New York|Otsego County]] - southwest
* [[Herkimer County, New York|Herkimer County]] - west

The [[Erie Canal]] runs through Montgomery County parallel to the Mohawk River, connecting to the Wood River to the west, which leads to [[Lake Ontario]]. Overall, the canal connected Great Lakes shipping with the Hudson River and the port of New York on the Atlantic Ocean. Several towns and villages developed along the canal, as it carried much trade and passenger traffic during its peak years. After the [[railroad]] was built through the state, along the same river plain, it superseded the canal, which was filled in some areas.

At the time of the canal's construction, Montgomery County was the only place where there was a break in the Appalachian Mountains. Called 'The Noses' because of canal construction, it became known as "the gateway to the West". In the mid-twentieth century, the [[NYS Thruway]] was constructed parallel to the former east–west routes of the canal and railroad. Today the Erie Canal and its lock system is used primarily for recreational boat use among locals and tourists.

Montgomery County is located in the heart of the state's [[Mohawk Valley]] region. Foothills of the [[Catskill Mountains]] dot the southern part of the county, while foothills of the [[Adirondack Mountains]] dot the north.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1790= 28848
|1800= 22051
|1810= 41214
|1820= 37569
|1830= 43715
|1840= 35818
|1850= 31992
|1860= 30866
|1870= 34457
|1880= 38315
|1890= 45699
|1900= 47488
|1910= 57567
|1920= 57928
|1930= 60076
|1940= 59142
|1950= 59594
|1960= 57240
|1970= 55883
|1980= 53439
|1990= 51981
|2000= 49708
|2010= 50219
|2020=49532
|estyear=2024
|estimate=49648
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 5, 2015}}</ref><br />1790-1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=January 5, 2015}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ny190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 5, 2015}}</ref><br />1990-2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 5, 2015}}</ref> 2010, 2020, 2024<ref name="QF"/>
}}

[[File:USA Montgomery County, New York age pyramid.svg|thumb|left|200px|Montgomery County population distribution by age and sex (2000 census)]]

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> of 2010, there were 50,208 people, 20,073 households, and 13,131 families residing in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|123|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people&nbsp;|people}}. There were 22,522 housing units at an average density of {{convert|56|/mi2|/km2}}. The racial makeup of the county was 92.87% (83.8% Non-Hispanic; 9.07 White Hispanic) [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.15% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.25% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.53% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.01% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 3.92% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.27% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 12.91% of the population. 19.0% identified as being of [[Italian people|Italian]], 15.9% [[Germans|German]], 13.5% [[Polish people|Polish]], 9.8% [[Puerto Rican American|Puerto Rican]] 9.1% [[Irish people|Irish]], 7.9% [[United States|American]] and 6.4% [[English people|English]] ancestry, according to [[2010 United States Census|Census 2010]]. 86.8% spoke [[English language|English]], 9.3% [[Spanish language|Spanish]],1.8% [[Italian language|Italian]], and 1.1% [[Polish language|Polish]] as their first language.

There were 20,038 households, out of which 29.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.00% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.60% were non-families. 29.50% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 24.50% under the age of 18, 7.20% from 18 to 24, 26.30% from 25 to 44, 22.90% from 45 to 64, and 19.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 91.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $33,128, and the median income for a family was $40,688. Males had a median income of $31,818 versus $23,359 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $17,005. About 9.00% of families and 13.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 17.80% of those under age 18 and 9.89% of those age 65 or over.

=== 2020 Census ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Montgomery County Racial Composition<ref>{{Cite web|title =P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Montgomery County, New York|url= https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Montgomery%20County,%20New%20York&t=Race%20and%20Ethnicity&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2}}</ref>
!Race
!Num.
!Perc.
|-
|[[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (NH)
|38,237
|77.2%
|-
|[[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (NH)
|987
|2.0%
|-
|[[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]] (NH)
|83
|0.2%
|-
|[[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]] (NH)
|479
|1.0%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]] (NH)
|9
|0.01%
|-
|[[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]] (NH)
|2,425
|5.0%
|-
|[[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]]
|7,312
|15.0%
|}

==Politics and government==
In 2012, voters approved a county [[charter]] under New York's municipal home rule law which established an independent [[county executive]] to head its executive branch and replace the board of supervisors with a nine-seat county legislature.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.co.montgomery.ny.us/sites/public/government/planning/charter/Charter_Development/default.aspx|title=Montgomery County Charter Commission|publisher=Montgomery County Charter Commission|location=[[Fonda, New York]]}}</ref>  Elections were held the next year and the county began operating under this charter on January 1, 2014. As of 2024, the legislature has 8 Republicans and 1 Democrat.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ '''County executives'''
! Name !! Party !! Term
|- {{party shading/Republican}}
| [[Matthew L. Ossenfort]]
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| January 1, 2014 – present
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ '''State Senate'''
! District !! Name !! Party !! Territory
|- {{party shading/Democratic}}
| [[New York's 46th State Senate district|46]]
| [[Pat Fahy]]
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| Entire county
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ '''State Assembly'''
! District !! Name !! Party !! Territory
|- {{party shading/Democratic}}
| [[New York's 111th State Assembly district|111]]
| [[Angelo Santabarbara]]
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| Amsterdam (both city and town), Florida
|- {{party shading/Republican}}
| [[New York's 118th State Assembly district|118]]
| [[Robert Smullen]]
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| Mohawk, Glen, Charleston, Root, Palatine, Canajoharie, Minden, St. Johnsville
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ '''U.S. House'''
! District !! Name !! Party !! Territory
|- {{party shading/Democratic}}
| [[New York's 20th congressional district|NY-20]]
| [[Paul Tonko]]
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| Amsterdam (both city and town), Florida
|- {{party shading/Republican}}
| [[New York's 21st congressional district|NY-21]]
| [[Elise Stefanik]]
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| Mohawk, Glen, Charleston, Root, Palatine, Canajoharie, Minden, St. Johnsville
|}

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{{PresRow|1908|Republican|7,571|5,254|453|New York}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|7,444|5,209|340|New York}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|7,302|5,138|292|New York}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|7,082|4,759|288|New York}}
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{{PresRow|1888|Republican|6,365|5,677|156|New York}}
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{{PresRow|1872|Republican|4,113|3,742|13|New York}}
{{PresRow|1868|Republican|3,981|3,810|0|New York}}
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{{PresRow|1844|Democratic|2,849|3,278|85|New York}}
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|}

==Communities==

===City===
* [[Amsterdam (city), New York|Amsterdam]]

===Towns===
{{div col}}
* [[Amsterdam (town), New York|Amsterdam]]
* [[Canajoharie (town), New York|Canajoharie]]
* [[Charleston, New York|Charleston]]
* [[Florida, Montgomery County, New York|Florida]]
* [[Glen, New York|Glen]]
* [[Minden, New York|Minden]]
* [[Mohawk, Montgomery County, New York|Mohawk]]
* [[Palatine, New York|Palatine]]
* [[Root, New York|Root]]
* [[St. Johnsville (town), New York|St. Johnsville]]
{{div col end}}

===Villages===
{{div col}}
* [[Ames, New York|Ames]]
* [[Canajoharie (village), New York|Canajoharie]]
* [[Fonda, New York|Fonda]] (county seat)
* [[Fort Plain, New York|Fort Plain]]
* [[Fultonville, New York|Fultonville]]
* [[Hagaman, New York|Hagaman]]
* [[Nelliston, New York|Nelliston]]
* [[Palatine Bridge, New York|Palatine Bridge]]
* [[St. Johnsville (village), New York|St. Johnsville]]
{{div col end}}

===Census-designated place===
* [[Tribes Hill, New York|Tribes Hill]]

===Hamlets===
* [[Auriesville, New York|Auriesville]]
* [[Fort Hunter, New York|Fort Hunter]]
* [[Freysbush, New York|Freysbush]]
* [[Minaville, New York|Minaville]]
* [[Sprakers, New York|Sprakers]]
* [[Sprout Brook, New York|Sprout Brook]]
* [[Valley Brook, New York|Valley Brook]]

==Notable people==
* [[Joseph Brant]], [[Mohawk nation|Mohawk]] Indian, was a Mohawk military and political leader, based in present-day New York, who was closely associated with Great Britain during and after the American Revolution. He and his family were from [[Canajoharie, New York]].
* [[Charles Couch]], Wisconsin state legislator, was born in Mohawk in Montgomery County in 1833.
* [[Bud Fowler]], [[African American]] [[baseball]] player. He was the first African American professional baseball player. He was born in [[Fort Plain, New York]].
* [[Sheldon Jackson]], [[Presbyterian Church in the United States|Presbyterian]] [[missionary]], was born in Minaville in Montgomery County in 1834.
* [[Cady Staley]], 1st President of Case School of Applied Science (now [[Case Western Reserve University]]), was born in Minaville in Montgomery County in 1840.
* [[Kirk Douglas]], actor.
* [[George A. Mitchell]], founder of [[Cadillac, Michigan]]
* [[David Pietrusza]], author.

==See also==
{{Portal|New York (state)}}
* [[List of counties in New York]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Montgomery County, New York]]
* [[Fort Johnson Volunteer Fire Company]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite Q|Q114149636|p=765-72|chapter=Chapter X. Montgomery County.
 |editor=Sullivan, James
 |editor2=Williams, Melvin E.
 |editor3=Conklin, Edwin P.
 |editor4=Fitzpatrick, Benedict
}}

==External links==
* [http://www.co.montgomery.ny.us Montgomery County, NY]
* [http://www.fmphotoarchives.org/ "Fulton-Montgomery Photo Archives"]
* [http://www.gloversandtanners.com "Glovers and Tanners"]

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|East      = [[Saratoga County, New York|Saratoga County]] and [[Schenectady County, New York|Schenectady County]]
|Southeast =
|South     = [[Schoharie County, New York|Schoharie County]]
|Southwest = [[Otsego County, New York|Otsego County]]
|West      = [[Herkimer County, New York|Herkimer County]]
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