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History · Montague

Montague’s post office opened in 1856

Most of Montague was built recently: 5% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1991.

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Quick answers

How Montague began, and where its name came from

When was Montague founded?

1856

The Montague post office opened in 1856, the earliest record of the town by name. Three smaller post offices, Gardners Corners (1879), Hooker (1884) and Rector (1886), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 97170 years

How did Montague get its name?

The town is named after Mary Montague Pierpont, the daughter of the original owner.

Founding year: the first Montague post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners, places now gone and burying grounds

Montague had its own post office from 1856 to 1903. Three other post offices opened and closed inside today’s town.

Montague
1856–1903
Gardners Corners
1879–1906
Hooker
1884–1920
Rector
1886–1920
Parkers
1890–today
18501940today
Hamlets and corners on the map
HookerParkersRector
Gone or out of use
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1cemetery inside Montague
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US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). 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.

Martinsburg5 historic placesAOsceola1 historic placenot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townWorthIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townRedfieldIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Montague’s history

What year was Montague founded?

The Montague post office opened in 1856, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) 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.