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History · Fultonville

Fultonville’s post office opened in 1832, and 52% of its homes were built before 1940

1 place in town is on the National Register. Below: 4 old photos and papers, maps from 1896 on, and the census since 1870.

1832first post office
1on the National Register
52%homes built before 1940
4old photos & papers
2famous people
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Quick answers

How Fultonville began

When was Fultonville founded?

1832

The Fultonville post office opened in 1832, the earliest record of the town by name.

First census: 1,117 in 18702020 census: 742194 years
Founding year: the first Fultonville post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Fultonville’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 4 old photos are in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.On the map since 18964 editions of the USGS map, 1896 to 1980. Watch Fultonville change.Old housesHalf of Fultonville’s homes were built before 1938.Deep rootsA post office since 1832: 194 years of Fultonville.
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Start Fultonville’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Fultonville’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Date a photo1 archive item has no date. Guess the decade.+2Retake an old viewFonda Business Directory.; Fonda (Villa…: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
On the map

Fultonville on the map, 1896 to 1980

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Fultonville. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Fultonville on the 1896 USGS mapFultonville on the 1902 USGS mapFultonville on the 1944 USGS mapFultonville on the 1980 USGS map1896Fonda sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Fultonville.

The story

How Fultonville came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Fultonville.

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The present village is located near the site of the Mohawk village of Andagaron, which was active during the middle of the seventeenth century and located about a mile to the west.

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.

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.

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Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

From the old history books

What they wrote about Fultonville in 1892

Passages that mention Fultonville, cut from the printed page as they were published.

and was educated in the public schools and worked at farm work until he was eighteen years old ; afterwards he learned the carpenter's trade and became a contractor and builder until 1845, when he became a general store-'Keeper at Tribes Hill, under the firm name of Kline & McDonald. In 1857 he wen…
History of Montgomery County1892 · page 77Read the page →
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and was educated in the public schools and worked at farm work until he was eighteen years old ; afterwards he learned the carpenter's trade and became a contractor and builder until 1845, when he became a general store-'Keeper at Tribes Hill, under the firm name of Kline & McDonald. In 1857 he went to Fultonville and carried on mercantile business under the firm of Wilson & Kline for some years, when he moved to Amsterdam carrying on the same business under the firm of Kline & Warwick. In 1864 he was elected sheriff of Montgomery county for three years ; and was supervisor of the town of Amsterdam in 1887, 1888, 1889. In 1874 he was re-elected sheriff and

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Scans and text from the Internet Archive. Books published in 1930 or earlier, which are in the public domain.

Timeline

Fultonville, 1823 to 1907

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1823Born hereThomas R. Horton is born here
  3. 1843Born hereEdward Wemple is born here
  4. 1868In the archiveFonda Business Directory.; Fonda (Village); Fultonville Business Directory.; Fultonville …
  5. 1889In the archiveFultonville, N.Y
  6. 1896On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  7. 20th century
  8. 1907In the archiveCalvary Baptist Church, Fultonville, NY Postcard
By decade

Fultonville, decade by decade

3 decades in the archive, from the 1860s to the 1900s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1860s–1900s3 items
Fonda Business Directory.; Fonda (Village); Fultonville Business Directory.; Fultonville (Village)1868Fonda Business Directory.; Fonda (Village); Fultonvil…Fultonville, N.Y1889Fultonville, N.YCalvary Baptist Church, Fultonville, NY Postcard1907Calvary Baptist Church, Fultonville, NY PostcardPostcard
1910s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Date unknown1 to date
Van Epps House, Franklin StreetDate?Van Epps House, Franklin Street
Then & now

Stand where they stood

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Fonda Business Directory.; Fonda (Village); Fultonville Business Directory.; Fultonville (Village)
Retake this viewFonda Business Directory.; Fonda (Village); Fultonville Business Directory.; Fultonville (Village), 1868

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On the National Register

1 listing protects 243 historic buildings

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
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National Historic Landmarks
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none yet
historic buildings protected
243
each building in a district counts

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

People over time

Fultonville, census by census

02004006008001,0001,20018801900192019401960198020002020Peak: 1,122

Between 710 and 1,122 people in every census since 1870.

16 censuses, 1870–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Fultonville’s Wikipedia page.

Famous people

2 famous people were born in Fultonville

Writers, athletes, leaders and more, ranked by how widely they’re known.

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Thomas R. HortonAmerican congressman for New York · b. 1823
Edward WempleAmerican congressman for New York · b. 1843
Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Fonda2 historic placesnot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townMohawk3 historic placesAGlen3 historic placesA+

Questions about Fultonville’s history

What year was Fultonville founded?

The Fultonville post office opened in 1832, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (3), the Library of Congress (1), Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) and old county and town histories (Internet Archive). Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.