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April 18, 2025

Fulton County was established on April 18, 1838.

Prior to the 1830's the center of population had shifted from Johnstown to Fonda and the people petitioned to move the county seat to Fonda in 1836.

The residents of Johnstown were not happy with the change. A group of residents, led by Judge Daniel Cady (father of women’s rights activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton), drafted their own petition for the creation of a new county.

Fulton County was created by an act of the legislature on April 18, 1838. It was named for inventor and engineer Robert Fulton. It contained the Towns of Bleecker, Broadalbin, Ephratah, Johnstown, Mayfield, Northampton, Oppenheim, Perth, and Stratford.

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