Talk:St. Johnsville, New York

message: Don't believe this (Indian Castle Church located in the Town of Danube built by Sir William Johnson 1769) was ever in the Town of Palatine, which is on the north side of the Mohawk River.  The church is on the south side of the Mohawk River, Palatine is on the north side.  The church was in the Indian Territory.  After the war ended, the Indians left.  Then the area was in the Town of Minden, later in the Town of Danube when it was formed, Herkimer County
In the early 1800's, a settlement formed near Mill Road.  There was no settlement at the site of the future present St. Johnsville.
In 1804, the church which was called Klock's Church was relocated to a new building, federalist style at present day St. Johnsville and named St. John's Church.  The area in the pension applications from that time called the area St. John's Church, then when the St. Johnsville post office was moved from Mill Road to the east near the church, it was called St. Johnsville.  The 1818 post office was named after Alexander St. John and was located on Mill Road.  Gradually the population moved more to the east and became a village.  It was at that time the post office moved to the larger population center, about 1831.  The village took the name of the post office as the name of the village.  First the town of St. Johnsville was located within the Town of Palatine, then Oppenheim, then St. Johnsville.  It was in Tryon County and after the war, it was called Montgomery County, never Fulton County.  Fulton County, which was the nothern part of Montgomery County, was formed in 1838.  St. Johnsville was in the southern part of the old county.
The Erie Canal is in the Town of Minden.  The first two canals were separate waterways, in Minden, south of the river, the current Erie and Barge Canal is the Mohawk River which was deepened once steam shovels were available in the early 1900s, to clear the large boulders from the river bed.  The Mohawk River is the southern border of the Town of St. Johnsville.
St. Johnsville was never part of Oppenheim, Fulton County.  When Fulton County split, the southern part (where St. Johnsville is located) became the town of St. Johnsville and always was in Montgomery County, and remained in Montgomery County.  Briefly St. Johnsville was in the Town of Oppenheim, Montgomery County.  The Town of Oppenheim went to Fulton County.  At that time the Town of St. Johnsville acquired its name.
No such place as Klock Park.  Are you referring to Fort Klock?  That was Johannes Klock's home, located east of the village.  Dr. Charles Klock donated land in the early 1900s for a park, but the village never developed it and in fact forgot about the land.  I was on the village board when it was discovered the land was the property of the village in about 2002.  No park.
The town and village are not really named after the surveyor. Most people think the village and town are named after the church which is not really accurate either.  Suggest you read the article - - - It was a coincidence. http://threerivershms.com/whichcamefirst.htm
ajberry
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