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History · Montgomery Township

20% of Montgomery Township’s homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1966 on and the census since 1880.

0on the National Register
20%homes built before 1940
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Where Montgomery Township’s name came from

How did Montgomery Township get its name?

Montgomery Township was named after Richard Montgomery, an Irish-American soldier who served as a major general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.

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What stands out about Montgomery Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Montgomery Township are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Montgomery Township’s history is told.

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The story

How Montgomery Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Montgomery Township.

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Montgomery was platted in 1877 when the Minneapolis and Saint Louis Railroad was extended to that point. Martin M. Malone (1888–1962), politician and businessman, was born in Montgomery.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

By decade

Montgomery Township, decade by decade

Today5 recent
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On the map

Montgomery Township on the map, 1966 to 1985

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Montgomery Township. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Montgomery Township on the 1966 USGS mapMontgomery Township on the 1985 USGS map1966Montgomery sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Montgomery Township.

People over time

Montgomery Township, census by census

05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500188019001920194019601980200020203,249

Grew from 261 people in 1880 to 3,249 in 2020, more than tenfold.

15 censuses, 1880–2020.

U.S. Census Bureau decennial counts, from the census table on Montgomery Township’s Wikipedia page.

Places that used to be

Old burying grounds

4cemeteries and burying grounds inside Montgomery Township
BohemianSaint JohnSaint John's CatholicSaint Michael

Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Montgomery3 historic placesA−Lexington TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townLanesburgh TownshipIts storyCKilkenny Township1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townErin TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWheatland Township2 historic placesA−

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (5), Wikidata (1), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.