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Places

Towns, roads, waterways, buildings, schools and parks carrying the Fonda or Fonde name, plus places central to the family story.

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Buildings

Fonda Reformed Church, Fonda, New York

19-21 Broadway, Fonda, New York 12068 - The Reformed Dutch Church of Caughnawaga was organized about the year 1758, but the first church edifice was not erected until 1763, when with financial aid from Sir William Johnson, who was entirely non-sectarian in…

Buildings

Henry Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles, California

6126 Hollywood Blvd. - Los Angeles, CA 90028 - A trip down Hollywood Boulevard going east to west first brings you to the Henry Fonda Theatre. Famous for the actor of the same name, the Fonda Theatre is home to many local plays. Originally called the…

Schools & Parks

Elizabeth Fonde Elementary School, Mobile, Alabama

school named after Elizabeth Fonde [ Rootsweb ] (1873-1947) who was born in Mobile, AL, educated at Barton Academy in Mobile. From 1918 to 1924 she served as a member of the Mobile County Board of School Commissioners and in 1926 became President of the…

Schools & Parks

Fonde Community Center, Houston, Texas

Fonde Park - On Saturday, November 4, 2006, Houston Parks and Recreation Department rededicated southeast Houston’s Fonde Park. Located at 5500 Carrollton and accessible from 2500 Hansford, at its opposite end, the 12.7-acre park was acquired by the city in…

Schools & Parks

Fonde Park, Houston, Texas

On Saturday, November 4, 2006, Houston Parks and Recreation Department rededicated southeast Houston’s Fonde Park. Located at 5500 Carrollton and accessible from 2500 Hansford, at its opposite end, the 12.7-acre park was acquired by the city in 1950. The…

Towns

Fonda's Bush, Montgomery Co., NY, USA

( now Broadalbin, Fulton Co. ) - Three Rivers - Trappers of New York : "Fonda's Bush, a place in the Johnstown settlements, so called after Major Jelles Fonda, who took a patent for the lands. The place is situated about ten miles north of each from the…

Towns

Fonda, Iowa, USA

( City; Pocahontas County; Population: 731; 42º34'N 94º50'W; Zip Code 50540; Elev. 1223 ft. ) N central Iowa, on Cedar Creek, and 14 mi/23 km SW of Pocahontas. Name origin - "Marvin was the name first given to the station and express office, and Cedarville…

Towns

Fonda, New York

The Mohawk Valley village named for Douw Jellis Fonda, connected to the family’s regional history.

Towns

Fonda, Oklahoma, USA

(Place - now a ghost town; Dewey County; 36ºN 98ºW; Zip Code none; Elev. 1630 ft.) Many, many years ago and approximately 8 miles or so east of Seiling, Oklahoma there was a small community called Fonda, Oklahoma . At that time Fonda consisted of a General…

Towns

Fonda, Vermont, USA

( Place; Franklin County; 44º52'N 73º5'W; Zip Code 05488, Swanton; Elev. 288 ft. ) Name origin - probably named after William Beecher Fonda (1846-) whose family settled in the St. Albans, Franklin County, Vermont area in the 1870's.

Towns

Fonde, Kentucky, USA

(Village, Bell County, SE KY., in the Cumberland Mts. at Tenn. state line, 10 mi/16 km W of Middlesboro. Bituminous coal; Zip Code 40940)

Water

Fonda Lake (now Lake Kora), New York

(now Lake Kora) - Wakely Mountain, Hamilton Co., NY - Most of the Blue Ridge Wilderness Area was at one time owned or controlled by William West Durant, an Adirondack developer active from the mid-1870s through 1904. Former Durant lands include Townships 6,…

Water

Fonda Lake, Brighton, Michigan

Brighton Twp., Livingston Co., MI - named for Lewis B. Fonda family which settled in Brighton, Michigan in 1832 from Wynantskill, Rensselaer Co., NY also Fonda Island & Briggs Lake Joint Water Authority , 11510 Grand River Road, Brighton, MI 48116 and Fonda…

Water

Fonda's Creek, Broadalbin, New York

Broadalbin is abundantly watered by numerous creeks and small streams flowing in all directions throughout the town, chief among which is Kennyetto Creek - often, incorrectly, called Fly Creek, Fonda's Creek , and sometimes Little Sacondaga.

Water

Fonda's Island, Schenectady, New York

a small island in the Mohawk river within the town of Schenectady - containing five morgens (ten acres) - lying to the north of the Hoek - in 1736, Philip Livingston of Albany sold it to Jellis Fonda by whose will made Sept. 8, 1737, it was divided among his…