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Fort Montgomery is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 1,627 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY-NJ–CT–PA Combined Statistical Area.

Fort Montgomery is in the southeastern corner of the town of Highlands, on U.S. Route 9W.

Fort Montgomery CDP overview:
Name:	Fort Montgomery CDP
LSAD Code:	57
LSAD Description:	CDP (suffix)
State:	New York
County:	Orange County
Elevation:	161 ft (49 m)
Total Area:	1.87 sq mi (4.85 km²)
Land Area:	1.84 sq mi (4.77 km²)
Water Area:	0.03 sq mi (0.08 km²)
Total Population:	1,627
Population Density:	883.76/sq mi (341.23/km²)
ZIP code:	10922
Area code:	845
FIPS code:	3626902
GNISfeature ID:	0950484

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History

The town is named after the first Fort Montgomery, a fortification of the American Revolution stormed by the British on October 6, 1777. Although a loss for American forces, the battle delayed the British from sailing up the Hudson River in time to relieve Burgoyne’s forces at Saratoga. After the fort’s demolition, American defenses centered on West Point, New York, upriver, and the location was not re-used militarily.

The town subsequently became the site of a major ore dock. Ore from the Forest of Dean Mine was shipped via a railroad and an aerial tramway to the dock, where it was loaded into steamboats on the Hudson. Coal for the mine machinery travelled in the opposite direction. Some ore was also mined in the immediate vicinity of Fort Montgomery. The West Shore Railroad was constructed through the town in the early 1880s.

Local mining activity was relatively ephemeral, and the large Forest of Dean Mine was shut down in 1931. With the loss of its main industry, the town sank into decline, accelerated by the end of railroad passenger service in 1958.

Today, the hamlet is a well-known stop on the Appalachian trail due to the close proximity to the trail of its post office, food, and lodging.

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Geography

Fort Montgomery is on the west bank of the Hudson River.

Fort Montgomery is located at 41°20′15″N 73°58′58″W / 41.33750°N 73.98278°W / 41.33750; -73.98278 (41.337469, -73.982746).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 1.5 square miles (3.9 km), of which 1.5 square miles (3.9 km) is land and .04 square miles (0.10 km) (2%) is water.