[2][5][6][7] The municipal center complex is on U.S. Route 4 between the villages of Hudson Falls and Fort Edward.

[8][9] When construction of the complex was completed in 1994, most of the administrative offices were moved from the original county seat of Hudson Falls to this location.

[10] The town of Fort Edward is part of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The town is located at the "Great Carrying Place", a portage around the falls on the Hudson, which had been used by Native Americans for thousands of years before European colonization.

It was located on the Native American "Great War Path", later used by French and English colonists during their own warfare, during the colonial years, especially during the eighteenth century.

The western town line is defined by the Hudson River and is the border of Saratoga County, New York.

[2] Amtrak, the national passenger rail system, provides service to Fort Edward.

The Ethan Allen Express operates daily in both directions between Burlington, Vermont, and New York City.