Fort Montgomery is a hamlet (and census-designated place) in Orange County, New York, United States.

Fort Montgomery is in the southeastern corner of the town of Highlands, on U.S. Route 9W.

The town is named after the first Fort Montgomery, a fortification of the American Revolution stormed by the British on October 6, 1777.

After the fort's demolition, American defenses centered on West Point, New York, upriver, and the location was not re-used militarily.

Ore from the Forest of Dean Mine was shipped via a railroad and an aerial tramway to the dock, where it was loaded into steamboats on the Hudson.

With the loss of its main industry, the town sank into decline, accelerated by the end of railroad passenger service in 1958.

[citation needed] As of the census[4] of 2000, there were 1,418 people, 574 households, and 393 families residing in the CDP.