Fort Klock
Fort Klock, a fortified stone homestead in the Mohawk River Valley of Upstate New York, was built c.1750 by Johannes Klock, and is a good example of a mid-18th century fortified home and trading post, seeing use during the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War The fort is located at 7203 Route 5 roughly two miles east of the Village of St. Johnsville, New York.Photo: Lvklock, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Palatine Church and Margaret Reaney Memorial Library.
Palatine Church
Church
Photo: Mohawk Country, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Palatine Church, also known as Palatine Evangelical Lutheran Church, is a historic Evangelical Lutheran church on Mohawk Turnpike in Palatine, Montgomery County, New York. Palatine Church is situated 1½ miles southeast of Fort Klock.
Margaret Reaney Memorial Library
Library
Photo: Bubba73, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Margaret Reaney Memorial Library is a historic library building located at St. Johnsville, Montgomery County, New York. It is a one-story, Classical Revival style brick building over a raised basement. Margaret Reaney Memorial Library is situated 1½ miles northwest of Fort Klock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nelliston and Fort Plain.
Nelliston
Hamlet
Nelliston is a village in Montgomery County, New York, United States. The population was 555 at the 2020 census. The name is from members of the Nellis family. Nelliston is in the town of Palatine and is west of Amsterdam. The Erie Canal passes the village. Nelliston is situated 4 miles southeast of Fort Klock.
Fort Plain
Village
Fort Plain is a village in Montgomery County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,930, down from 2,322 in 2010. The village is named after a fort built during the American Revolution at the junction of the Mohawk River and its tributary Otsquago Creek. Fort Plain is situated 4 miles south of Fort Klock.
Ephratah
Hamlet
Ephratah is a town in Fulton County, New York, United States. The population was 1,682 at the 2010 census. It is named after Ephrath, a biblical town in what is now Israel. Ephratah is situated 6 miles east of Fort Klock.
Fort Klock
- Type: Historic site
- Description: house in St. Johnsville, United States of America
- Categories: house, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Montgomery, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.98556° or 42° 59′ 8″ northLongitude
-74.649° or 74° 38′ 56″ westOperator
Fort Klock Historic RestorationOpen location code
87J7X9P2+69OpenStreetMap ID
way 949867074OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesWikidata ID
Q5471434
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In Other Languages
“Fort Klock” goes by many names.
- French: “Fort Klock”
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Highlights include Fort Klock and Edwards Cemetery.
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