Place:Montgomery, North Carolina, United States

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NameMontgomery
Alt namesFincastlesource: Family History Library Catalog
Montgomerysource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates35.35°N 79.9°W
Located inNorth Carolina, United States     (1779 - )
See alsoStanly, North Carolina, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Montgomery County is a rural county located in the southern Piedmont of the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,751. Its county seat is Troy.

Montgomery County's motto is "The Golden Opportunity".

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History

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The county was formed in January 1779, by an act of the North Carolina General Assembly of 1778, from part of Anson County. It was named in honor of Richard Montgomery, an American Revolutionary War general killed in 1775 while attempting to capture Quebec City, Canada. The North Carolina General Assembly of 1779 named James Roper, James Allen, Cornelius Robeson, Samuel Person, and John Collier of Randolph County as the commissioners of Montgomery County and charged them with determining the location for a county seat. They chose what developed as Troy.

In 1841, the part of Montgomery County west of the Yadkin/Pee Dee River became Stanly County.

Timeline

Date Event Source
1769 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1779 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1779 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1785 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1790 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1807 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1850 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1913 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources

Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1790 4,725
1800 7,677
1810 8,430
1820 8,693
1830 10,919
1840 10,780
1850 6,872
1860 7,649
1870 7,487
1880 9,374
1890 11,239
1900 14,197
1910 14,967
1920 14,607
1930 16,218
1940 16,280
1950 17,260
1960 18,408
1970 19,267
1980 22,469
1990 23,346

Research Tips

External links

www.montgomery-county-nc.gov


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