Canajoharie

About Canajoharie

Canajoharie () is a village in the Town of Canajoharie in Montgomery County, New York, United States, south of the Mohawk River and Erie canal. As of the 2020 census, the village had a population of 2,080. The name is said to be a Mohawk language term meaning "the pot that washes itself," referring to the "Canajoharie Boiling Pot," a large fluvial pothole in the gorge of the Canajoharie Creek, which bisects the Village.

The Village of Canajoharie is at the north border of the Town of Canajoharie; it is west of Amsterdam and east of Utica. The village and town name also refer to Canajoharie, a historic Mohawk settlement that was located west of the current Village, referred to as the "Upper Castle" by the English colonists who settled in the area in around 1723. A church stands at that site from the pre-revolutionary era; the Mohawk Upper Castle Historic District is a National Historic Landmark.

The Village of Canajoharie is home to one of a handful of operating "dummy lights" in the United States, located downtown at the intersection of Church, Mohawk and Montgomery Streets (also known as Wagner Square). It is a traffic signal on a pedestal located in the middle of an intersection; the light was first installed in 1926. After a couple of semi-truck collisions which occurred in August and November 2021, the dummy light was removed from Wagner Square and as of May 2025 has been restored and reinstalled with a new foundation by the administration that assumed office in April 2023, using funds obtained from the insurance carriers of the trucks that damaged it. Two others are currently located in New York State, in Beacon and Croton-on-Hudson.

The Erie Canal passes the north side of the village.

The village was the headquarters for the manufacturing operations of the Beech-Nut baby food company from its founding in 1891 until the plant was closed in March 2011 with production moving to the town of Florida in the same county, on the south side of the river.

In 2015, most of the village (and a small area to its south) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Canajoharie Historic District, due to its importance as a transportation hub over its existence and the well-preserved architecture from different eras. In addition, the Bragdon-Lipe House, the Van Alstyne Homestead, the West Hill School, and the United States Post Office are individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Living in Canajoharie

Median household income

$80,139

Median home value

$125,800

Median rent

$870/mo

Median age

35.1

Map of Canajoharie

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Canajoharie, NY population

Canajoharie had 2,037 residents in the 2020 Census.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Decennial Census.

Canajoharie at a glance

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Towns near Canajoharie

• Palatine Bridge1.2 mi NW
• Nelliston3.1 mi NW
• Fort Plain3.8 mi NW
• Ames4.6 mi S
• Sharon Springs7.7 mi S
• St. Johnsville8.9 mi NW
• Fultonville10.5 mi E
• Fonda10.6 mi E
• Cherry Valley11.7 mi SW
• Johnstown12.3 mi NE
• Tribes Hill14.0 mi E
• Gloversville15.3 mi NE

Straight-line distance between town centers.

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