Fonda, New York
Fonda is a village in and the county seat of Montgomery County, New York, United States. The population was 795 at the 2010 census. The village is named after Douw Fonda, a Dutch-American settler who was scalped in 1780 during a Mohawk raid in the Revolutionary War, when they were allied with the British. The Village of Fonda is in the Town of Mohawk and is west of Amsterdam. In 1993, Mohawk bought land here to re-establish the Kanatsiohareke community... Show more formerly at this site. It is the first land they have held in the valley since being forced out in 1783 after the Revolution.The Fonda Fair is an annual agricultural event that takes place in August.