Montgomery County, New York

Founding: 1772
Parent county: Albany

Namesake: Richard Montgomery, Continental Army general
Seat: Johnstown (1772–1836); Fonda (1836–)

Land area: 403 square miles

Population (2020): 49,532

Population (historic): 28,848 (1790); 35,818 (1840); 34,457 (1870); 47,488 (1900); 60,076 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1790; 1800s; 1820s; 1860–1930; 1940s; 2000s

Subdivisions: One city; ten villages; one CDP; ten towns

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 10,735 (45.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 68.7%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 37%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 13.2%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,161
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,329
Average farmhouse size (1940): 8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,015
Average farm size (1920): 91 acres
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Fonda

Namesake: Douw Fonda, local settler

Founding: 1836 (post office); 1850 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 668

Population (historic): 1,092 (1870); 1,190 (1890); 1,100 (1910); 1,170 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1870; 1880s; 1910s; 1960s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 272 (65.7%)
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