Montgomery County, Tennessee
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Montgomery County is a county in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, the population was 172,331.[1] The county seat is Clarksville.[2] The county was named for John Montgomery, a soldier in the American Revolutionary War and an early settler who founded the city of Clarksville.[3]
Montgomery County was founded in 1836.[3][4][5]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Retrieved December 6, 2013.
- ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Eleanor Williams, "Montgomery County," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture. Retrieved: March 11, 2013.
- ↑ "Tennessee: Individual County Chronologies". Tennessee Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. The Newberry Library. 2007. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
- ↑ "Origins Of Tennessee County Names" (PDF). Tennessee Blue Book. 2005–2006. p. 512. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
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