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 Montgomery County is a county located in the southwestern area of the U.S. state of Iowa.  Its population has declined since a peak in 1900, since urbanization and decline of family farms. The county seat is Red Oak. The county was founded by European-American migrants from eastern areas in 1851. It was named in honor of Richard Montgomery, an American Revolutionary War general killed in 1775 while trying to capture Quebec City, Canada.

The county has been largely rural and devoted to agriculture. The county was first surveyed in 1852. It is famous as the location of the unsolved Villisca Axe Murders committed in 1912.

On Line Data

Cities     Coburg     Elliott     Grant     Red Oak     Stanton     Villisca Unincorporated community     Pittsburg Former towns     Alix (Douglas Township) 1895-98     Arlington (Washington Township)     Biddick (Pilot Grove Township) 1893-1902     Carr's Point (West Township) 1865-70     Climax (West Township) 1871-1901     Coe's Grove 1858-69     Flora 1859     Frankfort (County seat from 1864-65) (Frankfort Township) 1856-78     Hawthorne 1871-1908     Oro 1856-1858     Ross Grove (Jackson Township) 1855-63     Rossville (Jackson Township) 1855     Sciola (Washington Township) 1855-1905     Wales (Lincoln Township) 1886-1901     Wallace (Douglas Township) 1875-78     Wilson (Pilot Grove Township) 1870-79 Townships     Douglas     East     Frankfort     Garfield     Grant     Lincoln     Pilot Grove     Red Oak     Scott     Sherman     Washington     West

Montgomery County Court House   Adjacent counties     Pottawattamie County (northwest)     Cass County (northeast)     Adams County (east)     Page County (south)     Mills County (west)

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