Fultonville, New York

Fultonville, New York
Village
Fultonville, New York Location within the state of New York
Coordinates: 42°56′48″N 74°22′10″W
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Montgomery
Government
• Mayor	Tim Morford
• Street and Water Superintendent	Vacant
• Clerk	Vickie Romano
Area
• Total	0.52 sq mi (1.35 km2)
• Land	0.48 sq mi (1.24 km2)
• Water	0.04 sq mi (0.11 km2)
Elevation	289 ft (88 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	742
• Density	1,555.56/sq mi (600.55/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	12016, 12072
Area code	518
FIPS code	36-27859
GNIS feature ID	0950807
Website	Village website

Fultonville Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
NRHP reference No.	100004242
Designated HD	August 8, 2019

Fultonville is a village in Montgomery County, New York, United States. The village is named after Robert Fulton, inventor of the steamboat.

The Village of Fultonville is on the south bank of the Mohawk River in the Town of Glen. It is west of Amsterdam.

In 2019, the area of the village that had been 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.

History

• 
  Starin Mausoleum in Fultonville Cemetery - 1907-1915

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.

John Evart Van Epps house, Fultonville, NY, c.1936, front view. This building built c.1800

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.

Lithograph of Fultonville from 1889 by L.R. Burleigh including list of landmarks

Fultonville was founded around 1824 in anticipation of the opening of the Erie Canal and was incorporated as a village on August 9, 1848.

The West Shore Railroad, which was later absorbed into the New York Central system, erected a station in the village in 1889.

John Henry Starin was born in August 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.

Original Trustees

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

Mayors

• Howland Fish [Dem] [1848-1849]
• Cornelius Gardinier [Whig] [1850-1851]
• H.P. Voorhees [1852-1854]
• Jeptha Root Simms [1855-1856]
• Frothingham Fish [Rep] [1856-1857]
• William E. Eacker [1858-1859]
• T.R. Horton [1859-1860]
• Warren I Ingham [1860-1861]
• Joesph M Yates [1861-1862]
• John H. Starin [Rep] [1862-1863]
• J.A.O South Union Party [1863-1864]
• William B Wemple [1864-1865] (1st Term)
• John W Wilson [1865-1866] (1st Term)
• John H. Gardiner [1867-1868]
• William B Wemple [1868-1869] (2nd Term)
• John W Wilson [1869-1870] (2nd Term)
• H.B. Freeman [1870-1871] (1st Term)
• William B Chapman [1871-1872]
• Edward Wemple [Democrat] [1873-1874]
• J.R. Putman [1874-1875]
• William E Eacker [1875-1876] (1st Term)
• Everrett A Yates [1876-1877]
• Charles H Quackenbush [1877-1878]
• John W Wilson [1878-1879] (3rd Term)
• H.B. Freeman [1879-1880] (2nd Term)
• William R Chapman [1880-1881]
• Charles A Donaldson [1881-1882] (1st Term)
• Michael Reapdon [1882-1883]
• William E Eacker [1883-1884] (2nd Term)
• Charles A Donaldson [1884-1885] (2nd Term)
• William Cross [1885-1886]
• Nicholas V Peek [1886-1887]
• Lorenzo V Peek [1887-1888]
• Charles A Donaldson [1888-1890] (3rd Term)
• Robert Wemple [Dem] [1890-1893]
• William P Myers [1893-1895]
• William J Peddle [1895-1897]
• Robert B Fish [1897-1899]
• Charles Richard [1899-1903]
• H. Seymour Wemple [1903-1906]
• Phillip Abel [1906-1907]
• Robert Wemple Sr. [1907-1908]
• William Van Epps [1908-1909] (1st Term)
• Rufus Rchtmyer [Republican] [1909-1910]
• Richard Brace [Democrat] [1910-1911] (1st Term)
• Henry Johnson [1911-1912]
• Robert T Craig [1912-1913]
• Edward J Gilbert [1913-1917] (1st Term)
• William Van Epps [1917-1918] (2nd Term)
• Christian P Wemple [1918-1919]
• A.L. Van Horne [1919-1920]
• Edward J Gilbert [1920-1921] (2nd Term)
• Richard Brace [1921-1922] [Democrat] (2nd Term)
• OR J Brand [1922-1923]
• A.J. Wemple [1923-1924]
• Edward J Gilbert [1924-1928] (3rd Term)
• L.N. Vedder [1928-1933]
• William B Foody [1933-1937]
• Peter Rossi [1937-1951]
• George Synder [Republican] [1951-1957]
• Henry Lorentzen [Democrat] [1957-1959]
• Raymond Carpenter [1959- Jan 1960] (Resigned)
• Raymond Siviek [Jan 1960 - March 1960] (Acting)
• Edward S Yates [Independent Democrat] [March 1960 - June 1987]
• George Wadsworth [Pine Tree Party] [June 1987 - March 1991]
• Gary Gifford Sr. [Independent] [March 1991 - April 1995]
• Daniel Szabo [Independent Democrat] [April 1995 - Sept 2000] (Resigned)
• Robert Headwell [Republican] [Sept 2000 - 2016] (Resigned to run for County Legislator)
• George Donaldson [Republican] [2016- March 2017] (Acting)
• Ryan B Weitz [Fultonville Future] [March 2017 - May 2017] (Resigned after one month)
• Linda Petterson-Law [Community] [Appointed May 2017 to March 31, 2018, elected March 2018 for term April 1, 2018, to March 31, 2019, elected March 2019, term April 1, 2019, to March 31, 2023
• Timothy Morford [Fultonville Future] [April 2023–present]

Mayoral Elections

Fultonville mayoral election, 1957

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Democrat	Henry Lorentzen	30	100%	100%
Turnout			30	N/A	N/A
	Independent Democrat gain from Republican

Fultonville mayoral election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Raymond Carpenter	37	100%	100%
Turnout			37	N/A	N/A
	Independent gain from Independent Democrat

Fultonville mayoral election, 1961

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Democrat	Edward Yates	60	100%	100%
Turnout			60	N/A	N/A
	Independent Democrat gain from Independent

Fultonville mayoral election, 1963

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Democrat	Edward Yates (incumbent)	67	100%	0%
Turnout			67	N/A	N/A
	Independent Democrat hold

Fultonville mayoral election, 1965

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Democrat	Edward Yates (incumbent)	27	100%	0%
Turnout			27	N/A	N/A
	Independent Democrat hold

Fultonville mayoral election, 1967

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Democrat	Edward Yates (incumbent)	25	96.16%	3.84%
		Void	1	3.84%	3.84%
Turnout			26	N/A	N/A
	Independent Democrat hold

Fultonville mayoral election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Democrat	Edward Yates (incumbent)	34	100%	3.84%
Turnout			34	N/A	N/A
	Independent Democrat hold

Fultonville mayoral election, 1971

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Democrat	Edward Yates (incumbent)	22	91.67%	8.33%
		Blank	2	8.33%	8.33%
Turnout			24	5.22%	N/A
	Independent Democrat hold

Fultonville mayoral election, 1973

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Democrat	Edward Yates (incumbent)	18	94.74%	3.07%
		Void	1	5.26%	5.26%
Turnout			19	4.13%	1.09%
	Independent Democrat hold

Fultonville mayoral election, 1975

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Democrat	Edward Yates (incumbent)	30	100%	5.26%
Turnout			30	6.53%	2.40%
	Independent Democrat hold

Fultonville mayoral election, 1977

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Democrat	Edward Yates (incumbent)	13	100%	0%
Turnout			13	2.59%	3.94%
	Independent Democrat hold

Fultonville mayoral election, 1979

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Democrat	Edward Yates (incumbent)	20	100%	0%
Turnout			20	3.99%	1.40%
	Independent Democrat hold

Fultonville mayoral election, 1981

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Democrat	Edward Yates (incumbent)	16	100%	0%
Turnout			16	3.59%	0.40%
	Independent Democrat hold

Fultonville mayoral election, 1985

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Democrat	Edward Yates (incumbent)	21	100%	0%
Turnout			21	4.71%
	Independent Democrat hold

Fultonville mayoral election, 1987

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Democrat	Edward Yates (incumbent)	51	94.44%	5.56%
		Blank	2	3.70%	3.70%
	Citizens for Better Government	Francis Ivancic Jr (write-in)	1	1.86%	1.86%
Turnout			54	10.80%	6.09%
	Independent Democrat hold

Fultonville mayoral election, 1989

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Pine Tree Party	George Wadsworth	96	56.80%	56.80%
	Citizens for Better Government	Francis Ivancic Jr	53	31.36%	29.50%
		Blank	18	10.65%	6.95%
		Void	2	1.19%	1.19%
Turnout			169	33.07%	22.27%
	PTP gain from Independent Democrat

Fultonville mayoral election, 1991

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gary Gifford Sr.	177	70.80%	70.80%
	Pine Tree Party	George Wadsworth (incumbent)	73	19.20%	37.60%
Turnout			250	48.44%	15.37%
	Independent gain from PTP

Fultonville mayoral election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Democrat	Daniel Szabo.	N/A	55.35%	55.35%
	Independent	Gary Gifford Sr. (incumbent)	N/A	44.65%	26.15%
Turnout			N/A
	Independent Democrat gain from Independent

Fultonville mayoral election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Democrat	Daniel Szabo.(incumbent)	N/A	75.69%	20.34%
	Republican Party (United States)	Robert Headwell Jr.	N/A	24.31%	24.31%
Turnout			N/A
	Independent Democrat hold

Fultonville Special mayoral election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican Party (United States)	Robert Headwell Jr.	N/A	72%	47.69%
	Independent	John Synder	N/A	28%	28.00%
Turnout			N/A
	Independent Democrat gain from Republican

Fultonville mayoral election, 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican Party (United States)	Robert Headwell Jr. (incumbent)	N/A	100%	28.00%
Turnout			N/A
	Republican hold

Fultonville mayoral election, 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Why Change	Robert Headwell Jr. (incumbent)	37	86.04%	13.96%
	Write-ins		6	13.96%	13.96%
Turnout			43
	Why Change hold

Fultonville mayoral election, 2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	For the People	Robert Headwell Jr. (incumbent)	85	88.54%
	Write-in	Lawrence Johnson	10	10.41%	10.41%
	Write-in	Steve Hemlin	1	1.05%	1.05%
Turnout			96
	For the People hold

Fultonville mayoral election, 2015

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Working for You	Robert Headwell Jr. (incumbent)	52	81.25%	7.29%
	Write-In	Justin Cotter	7	10.93%	10.93%
	Write-In	Jerry Rose	2	3.12%	3.12%
	Write-In	George Donald Jr.	1	1.56%	1.56%
	Write-In	Chad Quackenbush	1	1.56%	1.56%
	Blank		1	1.56%	1.56%
Turnout			94	19.87%
	Working for You hold

Fultonville Special mayoral election, 2017

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Fultonville Future	Ryan Weitz	101	62.73%	62.73%
	Republican Party (United States)	George Donaldson Jr. (incumbent) (write-in)	60	37.27%	37.27%
Turnout			161	38.00%
	Fultonville Future gain from Republican

Fultonville Special mayoral election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Community	Linda Petterson-Law (incumbent)	101	80.70%	80.70%
	Republican Party (United States)	George Donaldson Jr.	21	18.42%	18.85%
	Fultonville Future	Ryan Weitz (write-in)	1	0.88%	61.85%
Turnout			114	24.10%	13.90%
	Community hold

Fultonville mayoral election, 2019

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Community	Linda Petterson-Law (incumbent)		100%	19.30%
Turnout
	Community hold

Fultonville mayoral election, 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Fultonville Future	Timothy Morford	73	100%	100%
Turnout			73	15.43%
	Fultonville Future gain from Community

Attractions

Cobblestone Hall and Free Library

Cobblestone Hall and Free Library

Cobblestone Hall and Free Library was built sometime before 1868 when the house belonged to C. B. Freeman. Freeman was the proprietor of Fultonville Steam Mills. He lived at this residence until at least 1878 when F. W. Beers published a history of Montgomery and Fulton Counties. By 1905, a large wooden addition had been made to the rear of the building which was then called "Cobblestone Free Hall and Library." Most of the building still stands aside from the addition, and has since been converted into a private residence.

Geography

Fultonville is located at 42°56′48″N 74°22′10″W (42.946764, -74.369395).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village covers a total area of 0.5 square miles (1.3 km²), of which 0.5 square miles (1.3 km²) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km²) is water.

The village is on the south bank of the Mohawk River with the Village of Fonda on the opposite shore, linked by a bridge carrying NY-30A. The Mohawk River is part of the Erie Canal at this location.

The New York State Thruway (Interstate 90) passes through the community. New York State Route 5S (Maple Avenue), parallels the Thruway and intersects New York State Route 30A (Main Street) in Fultonville.

Climate

The climate is hemiboreal.[6] The average temperature is 45.7°F (7.6°C). The warmest month is July, at 79.5°F (26.4°C), and the coldest is January, at 26.6°F (−3°C). The average rainfall is 33.75 inches (857.25 mm) per year. The wettest month is May, with 3.46 inches (87.9 mm) of rain, and the dryest month is September, with 2.13 inches (54.1 mm). [7]

Fultonville
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D     2.6     27 15     2.7     30 17     2.5     39 24     3.3     53 35     3.5     66 46     3.2     73 52     2.5     80 58     2.6     77 57     2.1     71 51     3.2     56 42     2.4     44 31     3.1     33 23 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °F █ Precipitation totals in inches Source:
Metric conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     65     −3 −9     69     −1 −8     63     4 −4     83     11 2     88     19 8     81     23 11     64     26 15     67     25 14     54     21 10     82     14 5     62     6 0     79     0 −5 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °C █ Precipitation totals in mm

Climate data for Fultonville, New York
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average precipitation inches (mm)	2.56 (65)	2.72 (69)	2.48 (63)	3.27 (83)	3.46 (88)	3.19 (81)	2.52 (64)	2.64 (67)	2.13 (54)	3.23 (82)	2.44 (62)	3.11 (79)	33.75 (857)
Average snowfall inches (cm)	10.24 (26.0)	11.54 (29.3)	6.46 (16.4)	2.05 (5.2)	0.16 (0.41)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.0 (0.0)	0.63 (1.6)	4.45 (11.3)	7.95 (20.2)	43.48 (110.4)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in)	9.8	8.9	14.8	16.3	17.2	15.9	16.7	15.3	12.0	14.1	12.3	12.2	165.5
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in)	17.5	16.6	12.3	4.2	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	7.2	13.8	72.7
Source:

Climate data for Fultonville, New York
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean monthly sunshine hours	280.0	281.9	372.0	391.0	436.1	451.0	465.0	405.6	361.5	341.0	272.0	279.5	4,336.6
Mean daily daylight hours	9.4	8.4	10.7	10.4	11.8	11.8	11.3	12.3	15.5	13.7	13.3	10.2	11.6
Percent possible sunshine	38	42	50	54	59	63	62	55	50	46	38	37	49
Average ultraviolet index	1	1	2	3	5	5	5	5	3	2	2	1	3
Source:

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1870	1,117		—
1880	881		−21.1%
1890	1,122		27.4%
1900	977		−12.9%
1910	812		−16.9%
1920	869		7.0%
1930	831		−4.4%
1940	806		−3.0%
1950	840		4.2%
1960	815		−3.0%
1970	812		−0.4%
1980	777		−4.3%
1990	748		−3.7%
2000	710		−5.1%
2010	784		10.4%
2020	742		−5.4%
U.S. Decennial Census

As of the census of 2000, 710 people, 279 households, and 191 families resided in the village. The population density was 1,590.0 inhabitants per square mile (613.9/km²). The 309 housing units create an average density of 642.8 per square mile (248.2/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 99.00% White, 1.00% Latino. A total of 99.52% spoke English, 0.36% spoke German and 0.12% spoke Polish.

33.0% of households had children under age 18 living with them. 44.4% were married couples living together. 17.6% had a female householder with no husband present. 31.2% were non-families. 25.8% of all households were made up of single individuals and 11.8% had someone living alone aged 65+. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 2.96.

27.7% were under age 18, 9.4% from 18 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 21.4% from 45 to 64, and 14.5% who were 65+. The median age was 35. For every 100 females, the village hosted 87.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.6 males.

The median household income was $32,361, and the median family income was $34,167. Males had a median income of $30,500 versus $20,909 for females. The per capita income for the village was $15,283. About 3.4% of families and 6.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.3% of those under age 18 and 4.5% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Fultonville is within the Fonda-Fultonville Central School District, located in Fonda.

Religion

• 
  Reformed Church - 1907-1915
• 
  Methodist Church - 1907-1915
• 
  Calvary Baptist Church - 1907-1915

• Fultonville Reformed Church
• Fonda-Fultonville United Methodist Church [Torn down after fire March 14, 2017]
• Calvary Baptist Church [No Longer in Use]

Cemeteries

• Maple Avenue Cemetery - Est. 1874
• Old Fultonville Cemetery

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Montgomery County, New York

External links

• Official website
• Area history for Fultonville
• "APHNYS: Newest/Youngest and Senior Members". June 9, 2011. Archived from the original on June 9, 2011. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
• "Spectrum News | Rochester". spectrumlocalnews.com. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
• "Village of Fultonville historian youngest in state | The Daily Gazette". dailygazette.com. August 2, 2008. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
• "News, Sports, Jobs - Leader Herald". Retrieved March 24, 2020.
• "Yearly & Monthly weather - Fultonville, NY".