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Fonda in Montgomery County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Fonda Cemetery

 
 
Fonda Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Steve Stoessel, March 23, 2019
1. Fonda Cemetery Marker
Inscription.

Old [Caughnawaga] Cemetery.
Village property since 1855.
Many early settlers buried here.
Also 6 Revolutionary soldiers.

 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesSettlements & SettlersWar, US Revolutionary. A significant historical year for this entry is 1855.
 
Location. 42° 57.395′ N, 74° 22.112′ W. Marker is in Fonda, New York, in Montgomery County. It is on Cemetery Street, on the right when traveling north. On right when going up the hill. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Fonda NY 12068, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York and in the Mohawk Valley. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Reformed Dutch Church of Caughnawaga
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(about 800 feet away, measured in a direct line); Caughnawga Church (about 800 feet away); Thomas Romeyn (about 800 feet away); Douw Fonda (approx. 0.3 miles away); Court House (approx. 0.4 miles away); The 115th & 153rd Regiments (approx. 0.4 miles away); Tryon County 1772-1784 Montgomery County 1784 (approx. half a mile away); Fonda (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fonda.
 
Fonda Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Steve Stoessel, March 23, 2019
2. Fonda Cemetery Marker
A Previous Historic Marker for the Fonda Cemetery image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Howard C. Ohlhous, September 23, 2007
3. A Previous Historic Marker for the Fonda Cemetery
This is he 1932 Marker put up by the New York State Education Department, presumed destroyed or stolen.
The 1932 Fonda Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Howard C. Ohlhous, September 23, 2007
4. The 1932 Fonda Cemetery Marker
The cemetery hill can be seen in the background.
1932 Fonda Cemetery Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Howard C. Ohlhous, September 23, 2007
5. 1932 Fonda Cemetery Marker
This is the 1932 Marker installed up by the New York State Education Department.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 17, 2019. It was originally submitted on March 24, 2019, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. This page has been viewed 653 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on March 24, 2019, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York.   3, 4, 5. submitted on December 12, 2019, by Howard C. Ohlhous of Duanesburg, New York. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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