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- 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".
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
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1769 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1779 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1779 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1785 | Probate records recorded | 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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1807 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1850 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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1913 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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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 | 4,725
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1800 | 7,677
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1810 | 8,430
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1820 | 8,693
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1830 | 10,919
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1840 | 10,780
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1850 | 6,872
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1860 | 7,649
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1870 | 7,487
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1880 | 9,374
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1890 | 11,239
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1900 | 14,197
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1910 | 14,967
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1920 | 14,607
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1930 | 16,218
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1940 | 16,280
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1950 | 17,260
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1960 | 18,408
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1970 | 19,267
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1980 | 22,469
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1990 | 23,346
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Research Tips
External links
www.montgomery-county-nc.gov
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