- Name
- Montgomery
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- Alternate names
- Fincastle (Family History Library Catalog)
- Montgomery (Getty Vocabulary Program)
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- Type
- County
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- Coordinates
- 37.167°N 80.383°W
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- Located in
- Virginia, United States (1777 - )
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- See also
- Floyd, Virginia, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Giles, Virginia, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Grayson, Virginia, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Pulaski, Virginia, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Tazewell, Virginia, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
- Wythe, Virginia, United States (Child county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990))
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| Contained Places
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- Census-designated place
- Elliston-Lafayette
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- Inhabited place
- Alleghany Springs
- Basham
- Belmont
- Bennetts Mill
- Blacksburg
- Brush Harbor
- Childress
- Christiansburg
- Ellett
- Elliston
- Fagg
- Graysontown
- Hilltop Plaza
- Houchins
- Ironto
- Kanodes Mill
- Lafayette
- Little Montgomery
- Longshop
- Lusters Gate
- McCoy
- McDonalds Mill
- Merrimac
- Montgomery
- Mount Tabor
- New Ellett
- Piedmont
- Pilot
- Prices Fork
- Radford
- Reesedale
- Riner
- Rogers
- Shawsville
- Sugar Grove
- Vicker Heights
- Vicker
- Wake Forest
- Walton
- Whitethorne
- Yellow Sulphur Springs
- Yellow Sulphur
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- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Montgomery County is a county located in the U.S. state — officially, "Commonwealth" — of Virginia. As of the 2000 census, the population was 83,629. Its county seat is Christiansburg6. It is part of the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Montgomery County, Virginia and the Virginia cities of Blacksburg, Christiansburg and Radford for statistical purposes.
History
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Montgomery County was established in 1772 from Fincastle County. The county is named for Richard Montgomery, an American Revolutionary War general killed in 1775 while attempting to capture Quebec City, Canada.
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1750 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1750 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1773 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1773 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1777 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1790 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1853 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1990 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1790 | 13,228
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| 1800 | 9,044
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| 1810 | 8,409
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| 1820 | 8,733
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| 1830 | 12,306
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| 1840 | 7,405
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| 1850 | 8,359
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| 1860 | 10,617
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| 1870 | 12,556
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| 1880 | 16,693
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| 1890 | 17,742
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| 1900 | 15,852
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| 1910 | 17,268
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| 1920 | 18,595
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| 1930 | 19,605
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| 1940 | 21,206
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| 1950 | 29,780
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| 1960 | 32,923
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| 1970 | 47,157
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| 1980 | 63,516
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| 1990 | 73,913
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Note: Wythe was reported in 1790 as part of Montgomery and Botetourt. See also note C31.
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