Fultonville is a village

Village

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 in Montgomery County

Montgomery County, New York

As of the census of 2000, there were 49,708 people, 20,038 households, and 13,104 families residing in the county. The population density was 123 people per square mile . There were 22,522 housing units at an average density of 56 per square mile...

, New York

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, United States

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. The population was 710 at the 2000 census. The village is named after Robert Fulton

Robert Fulton

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, inventor of the steamboat

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The Village of Fultonville is on the south bank of the Mohawk River

Mohawk River

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 in the Town of Glen

Glen, New York

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. It is west of Amsterdam, NY

Amsterdam (city), New York

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The first settlement on the site was made around 1750, and was called "Van Epps Swamp" due to the swampland by the river. Homes located here were burned during the American Revolution

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The village was founded around 1824 in anticipation of the opening of the Erie Canal

Erie Canal

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Fultonville was incorporated as a village August 9, 1848.