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Fort Hunter, New York

1712 establishments in the Province of New YorkColonial forts in New York (state)Erie CanalFormer Native American populated places in the United StatesFormer populated places in New York (state)
Forts in New York (state)Hamlets in Montgomery County, New YorkHamlets in New York (state)Iroquois populated placesPopulated places on the Mohawk River

Fort Hunter is a hamlet in the Town of Florida in Montgomery County, New York, United States, west of the capital at Albany, on the south bank of the Mohawk River and on the northeast bank of Schoharie Creek. The hamlet, developed around a fort of the same name, was built by English colonists in 1712 near the Mohawk village of Tionondoroge for their defense. Queen Anne ordered the fort built at the request of the Mohawk, in exchange for their allowing her to settle German Palatines in their territory. The English called the Mohawk settlement the Lower Mohawk Castle. Within a few years, the fort included an Anglican chapel, first built in logs and replaced by a stone church in 1741. It was a mission church for the Mohawk in addition to English settlers. The fort survived the wars in the region; it was taken down in 1820 to make way for construction of the Erie Canal.

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Fort Hunter, New York
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12069 Town of Florida
New York, United States
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