New York · Census place 3626924

Fort Plain, New York

Fort Plain is a village in Montgomery County, New York with an estimated 2,002 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 305th largest of 419 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,002
#305 of 419 in New York
Change since 2020
-0.5%
-11 people
Land area
1.4 sq mi
+ 0.06 sq mi water
Density
1,483 / sq mi
State median 3,760
Orange pin: Fort Plain. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Albany.

Fort Plain population, 2020 to 2024

Fort Plain lost 11 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.5%. In the latest year it moved by +1.

2,01320202,01220212,00120222,00120232,0022024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,015. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Fort Plain covers 1.35 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 1,483 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Fort Plain is less dense than the typical town.

What county Fort Plain is in

All of Fort Plain's residents live in Montgomery County, which had 49,648 residents in 2024. Fort Plain holds 4.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Fort Plain

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Fort Plain by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 13339. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Fort Plain is

The Census internal point of Fort Plain is at 42.932700, -74.626800. Albany, the capital, is 48.1 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Canajoharie, NY (2,064 people), 3.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Albany, NY, 45.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
42.932700, -74.626800
DMS
42°55'57.72"N 74°37'36.48"W
UTM
18N 530452.1E 4753408.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
87J7W9MF+37

Daylight in Fort Plain

At 42.93° N, Fort Plain gets about 15 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 01 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Fort Plain

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Canajoharie, 3.8 miles away, with 2,064 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Fort Plain, NY?

2,002 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 11 (0.5%) from 2,013 in July 2020.

What county is Fort Plain in?

Montgomery County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Fort Plain?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 13339.

How far is Fort Plain from Albany?

48.1 miles (77.5 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Fort Plain.

What is the nearest larger city to Fort Plain?

Canajoharie, NY, with 2,064 residents, 3.8 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.