A small battle was fought during the American Revolution in 1780 near Fort Klock, which lies to the east of St. Johnsville.

On October 12, 1914, former President Theodore Roosevelt arrived from the west by auto caravan at Allter’s corner in St. Johnsville (where Stewart’s is today).

He spoke from an auto on behalf of the candidacy of Progressive Party candidate for governor, Frederick Davenport.

The Enterprise said that Davenport was the more impressive speaker as Roosevelt “is evidently unable to cope with outdoor activities at the present time.” The auto caravan moved on, heading for Albany.

Davenport lost in November, Roosevelt chose not to run for President in 1916, and the Progressive Party faded away.

Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt stopped his car there (the old store had been razed by then) in the fall of 1930 and made a brief address about farm relief and the need for a $50 million bond issue for prisons and to care for the insane.

Future Governor Thomas Dewey stopped at the Shell station in June 1941, and then visited Pietrocini’s barber shop.

The Bates-Englehardt Mansion, Stone Grist Mill Complex, and United States Post Office are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

[5] According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.9 square mile (2.2 km2), all land.