Montgomery

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Montgomery is, according to placesnamed.com, the name of 86 places in the United States of America of which 18 are Montgomery County.

The original Montgomery was a place in France and, by extension, the surname of the Norman family who originated there. A member of this family, Roger of Montgomery, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, founded the town and castle of Montgomery in Wales, later the county town of Montgomeryshire.

Some of the places named Montgomery in the United States were named in honor of the general Richard Montgomery, who died in the American Revolutionary War attempting to capture Quebec, Canada:

Contents 1 Places 1.1 in the United Kingdom 1.2 in the United States 1.2.1 Cities and towns 1.2.2 Counties 1.3 In Canada 2 People 3 See Also

Places

in the United Kingdom

• Montgomery, Powys in Wales
• Montgomeryshire, a traditional county in Wales

in the United States

Cities and towns

• Montgomery, Alabama, the capital of the state and the largest "Montgomery" in the United States
• Montgomery, Georgia (Not known whether it was named for Richard Montgomery or some other person.)
• Montgomery, Illinois (Only indirectly named for Richard Montgomery. Its founder had come from Montgomery County, N. Y. and named it for that place.)
• Montgomery, Minnesota (not known whether it was named for Richard Montgomery or some other person.)
• Montgomery, New York (Not known whether it was named for Richard Montgomery or some other person.)
• Montgomery, Pennsylvania (Not known whether it was named for Richard Montgomery or some other person.)
• Montgomery, Texas (named for its founder, Andrew Montgomery, and not for Richard Montgomery.)
• Montgomery, Vermont
• Montgomery, West Virginia (Not known whether it was named for Richard Montgomery or some other person.)

Counties

• Montgomery County, Alabama (This county was not named for Richard Montgomery, but for another general, Lemuel P. Montgomery; oddly, the city of Montgomery in it was named for Richard Montgomery.)
• Montgomery County, Arkansas
• Montgomery County, Georgia
• Montgomery County, Illinois
• Montgomery County, Indiana
• Montgomery County, Iowa
• Montgomery County, Kansas
• Montgomery County, Kentucky
• Montgomery County, Maryland
• Montgomery County, Mississippi (Possibly for Richard Montgomery. Possibly for Montgomery County, Tennessee, from which an early settler came.)
• Montgomery County, Missouri
• Montgomery County, New York
• Montgomery County, North Carolina
• Montgomery County, Ohio
• Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (there is some question as to whether this one was named for Richard Montgomery. It seems to be the case, but it is uncertain.)
• Montgomery County, Tennessee (This county was not named for Richard Montgomery, but for John Montgomery, a local settler)
• Montgomery County, Texas (This county was not named for Richard Montgomery, but for its largest community, the town of Montgomery, and therefore indirectly for Andrew Montgomery, as stated above)
• Montgomery County, Virginia
• Montgomery Township, New Jersey

In Canada

• Montgomery was a town in Alberta that was annexed by the city of Calgary in 1963.

People

• Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, British military commander.
• John B. Montgomery, officer in the United States Navy.
• Richard Montgomery, Brigadier General during the Revolutionary War
• Lucy Maud Montgomery, a Canadian author.
• Wes Montgomery, a jazz guitarist.
• Montgomery Clift, an actor
• Montgomery Montgomery (often just Uncle Monty), a fictional character from A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket.

See Also

• Montgomery cocktail
• Montgomery Street, a notable street in San Francisco, California