Montgomery County is a rural

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located in the southern

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of the

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. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,751. Its

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History

The county was formed in January 1779, by an act of the

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, from part of Anson County. It was named in honor of Richard Montgomery, an

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general killed in 1775 while attempting to capture

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. The

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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.

Geography

According to the

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, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (2.0%) is water. It is situated in the heart of the

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National protected area

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(part)

State and local protected areas/sites

* Roy J. Maness Nature Preserve * Town Creek Indian Mound State Historic Site * Uwharrie Game Land

Major water bodies

Badin Lake Badin Lake is one of a series of lakes created by the damming of the Yadkin- Pee Dee River in the Uwharrie Lakes Region of the United States. The Badin Lake Dam was built in 1917 to support local aluminum smelting plant, Alcoa, and the associa ...

* Big Creek * Big Mountain Creek * Densons Creek *

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* Jackson Creek *

Lake Tillery Lake Tillery is a reservoir between Falls Reservoir and Blewett Falls Lake in the Uwharrie Lakes Region of North Carolina. It is entirely within Stanly County and Montgomery County, NC. The lake was created by impounding the Pee Dee River, which ...

Little River Little River may refer to several places: Australia Streams New South Wales *Little River (Dubbo), source in the Dubbo region, a tributary of the Macquarie River * Little River (Oberon), source in the Oberon Shire, a tributary of Coxs River (Haw ...

* Pee Dee River * Rocky Creek * Spencer Creek (Uwharrie River tributary) *

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Yadkin River The Yadkin River is one of the longest rivers in North Carolina, flowing . It rises in the northwestern portion of the state near the Blue Ridge Parkway's Thunder Hill Overlook. Several parts of the river are impounded by dams for water, p ...

Adjacent counties

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- northeast * Moore County - east *

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- south * Stanly County - west * Davidson County - northwest Additionally, Montgomery County's southwestern corner touches with Anson County, but does not border it directly.

Major highways

* * * * * * * (Possible future business route in Troy) * * * (Mount Gilead) * (Troy) * * *

Major infrastructure

* Montgomery County Airport

Demographics

2020 census

As of the

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, there were 25,751 people, 10,195 households, and 6,788 families residing in the county.

2000 census

As of the

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of 2000, there were 26,822 people, 9,848 households, and 7,189 families residing in the county. The

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was 55 people per square mile (21/km²). There were 14,145 housing units at an average density of 29 per square mile (11/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 69.07%

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, 21.84%

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, 0.40% Native American, 1.61% Asian, 0.04%

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, 5.75% from

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, and 1.29% from two or more races. 10.43% of the population were

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of any race. There were 9,848 households, out of which 31.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.60% were married couples living together, 12.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.00% were non-families. 24.10% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.080. In the county, the population was spread out, with 24.90% under the age of 18, 9.00% from 18 to 24, 28.50% from 25 to 44, 23.60% from 45 to 64, and 14.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 102.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.60 males. The median income for a household in the county was $32,903, and the median income for a family was $39,616. Males had a median income of $27,832 versus $21,063 for females. The

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for the county was $16,505. About 10.90% of families and 15.40% of the population were below the

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, including 19.50% of those under age 18 and 17.80% of those age 65 or over.

Government and politics

Montgomery County is a sustaining member of the regional Piedmont Triad Council of Governments. Montgomery County is located entirely in North Carolina's 8th congressional district. It was represented in the

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by Richard Hudson ( R).

Education

The public school system provides five elementary schools (Star, Mt. Gilead, Candor, Page Street, and Green Ridge), two middle schools (West Montgomery and East Montgomery and one high school (Montgomery Central, formed in 2020 by the merger of East Montgomery High and West Montgomery High). Higher education is provided by Montgomery Community College.

Communities

Towns

* Biscoe *

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* Mount Gilead * Star *

(county seat and largest town)

Townships

* Biscoe * Cheek Creek *

Eldorado El Dorado (, ; Spanish for "the golden"), originally ''El Hombre Dorado'' ("The Golden Man") or ''El Rey Dorado'' ("The Golden King"), was the term used by the Spanish in the 16th century to describe a mythical tribal chief (''zipa'') or king o ...

* Little River * Mount Gilead * Ophir * Pee Dee * Rocky Springs * Star * Troy * Uwharrie

Unincorporated Communities

* Abner * Black Ankle * Blaine *

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* Dry Creek, Montgomery County North Carolina *

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* Harrisville * Love Joy * Okeewemee *

Ophir Ophir (; ) is a port or region mentioned in the Bible, famous for its wealth. King Solomon received a shipment from Ophir every three years (1 Kings 10:22) which consisted of gold, silver, sandalwood, pearls, ivory, apes, and peacocks. ...

Pee Dee The Pee Dee is a region in the northeast corner of the U.S. state of South Carolina. It lies along the lower watershed of the Pee Dee River, which was named after the Pee Dee, a Native American tribe that historically inhabited the region. Hi ...

* Pekin * Steeds * Thickety Creek * Uwharrie * Wadeville * Windblow

Notable people

* Beulah Parson Davis (1896–1948), a fortune-telling witch

References

External links

Official website

NCGenWeb Montgomery County
- free genealogy resources for the county {{Coord, 35.33, -79.90, display=title, type:adm2nd_region:US-NC_source:UScensus1990 1779 establishments in North Carolina Populated places established in 1779