Fulton County, New York

Fulton County is a located in the  of. As of the, the population was 55,073. Its name is in honor of, inventor of the first commercially-practical. Its is.

History
When counties were established in New York State in, the present Fulton County was part of. This was an enormous county, including the northern part of New York State as well as all of the present State of and, in theory, extending westward to the. This county was reduced in size on, by the creation of , and further on ,  by the creation of , both containing territory now in Vermont.

On, , what was left of Albany County was split into three parts, one remaining under the name Albany County. One of the other pieces,, contained the western portion (and thus, since no western boundary was specified, theoretically still extended west to the Pacific). The eastern boundary of Tryon County was approximately five miles west of the present city of, and the county included the western part of the and the area west of the West Branch of the. The area then designated as Tryon County now includes 37 counties of New York State. The county was named for, colonial governor of New York.

In the years prior to, most of the Loyalists in Tryon County fled to. In, following the peace treaty that ended the , the name of Tryon County was changed to to honor the general, , who had captured several places in Canada and died attempting to capture the city of , replacing the name of the hated British governor.

In, Montgomery County was reduced in size by the splitting off of. The actual area split off from Montgomery County was much larger than the present county, also including the present, , , , , , , , , , , , and part of and.

In, Montgomery County was further reduced in size by the splitting off of , , and ; in , Montgomery County was further reduced in size by the splitting off of a portion, which was combined with portions of and  to form. In, Montgomery County was further reduced in size by the splitting off of.

Finally, in, Fulton County was split off from Montgomery, shortly after the Montgomery county seat was moved to. The creation of Fulton County was engineered by Johnstown lawyer, whose wife was a cousin of Robert Fulton.

Geography
Fulton County is in the central part of the state, northwest of.

According to the, the county has a total area of 1,380 (533 ). 1,285 km² (496 sq mi) of it is land and 95 km² (37 sq mi) of it (6.89%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 55,073 people, 21,884 households, and 14,509 families residing in the county. The was 43/km² (111/sq mi). There were 27,787 housing units at an average density of 22/km² (56/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 95.99%, 1.80% or , 0.19% , 0.53% , 0.02% , 0.56% from , and 0.91% from two or more races. 1.61% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 21,884 households out of which 30.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.00% were living together, 11.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.70% were non-families. 27.70% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.94.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.90% under the age of 18, 7.20% from 18 to 24, 28.10% from 25 to 44, 23.60% from 45 to 64, and 16.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 97.10 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $33,663, and the median income for a family was $39,801. Males had a median income of $29,538 versus $22,173 for females. The for the county was $16,844. About 9.20% of families and 12.50% of the population were below the, including 17.50% of those under age 18 and 7.50% of those age 65 or over.

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