Montrose is a town in Laurens County,

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, United States. The population was 203 in 2020.

History

The

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incorporated Montrose as a town in 1929.

Geography

Montrose is located at (32.558253, -83.152311). According to the

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, the town has a total area of , all land. Montrose is US Route 80 at the junction of State Highway 278 and is north of

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Demographics

At the 2000

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, there were 154 people, 55 households and 44 families residing in the town. By 2020, its population was 203.

Notable people

Jeralean Talley Jeralean Talley (née Kurtz; May 23, 1899 – June 17, 2015) was an American supercentenarian who was, aged 116 years, 25 days, the world's verified oldest living person. She was previously thought to be the oldest living American, from the dea ...

* Demaryius Thomas

References

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