The Montgomery post office opened in 1812, the earliest record of the town by name. Two smaller post offices, Hectorville (1893) and Hillwest (1898), opened inside today’s town and later closed.
First census: 41 in 18002020 census: 1,184214 years
How historic is Montgomery?
A−
More historic than 81% of U.S. towns, on its age, its old homes and the National Register.
Founding year: the first Montgomery post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓
History grade
What drives Montgomery’s History grade
On its age, its old homes and the National Register, Montgomery is more historic than 81% of U.S. towns. All 3 inputs are above most U.S. towns; its age ranks highest and its National Register listings lowest.
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HistoryA character grade: shown, never part of Montgomery’s overall grade.
Vermont towns list more on the Register than most of the country (a typical Vermont town has 147 per 10,000 residents, the U.S. 2.4), so Montgomery’s 86.0 sits near the middle of its state (54% of Vermont towns have fewer) while its 9 listings outnumber those of 75% of U.S. towns.
How sure. Graded on any two of the three inputs instead, the letter would range from B+ to A−. The pre-1940 share is a Census survey estimate (±5.1 points). The founding year is the first post office, not a stated founding date.
Founding year: the first post office (other dates in Quick answers). Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register: National Park Service, May 2026 list; each listing counted once (boundary changes and added documentation belong to their listing), and a historic district counts its contributing buildings. How TownRatings grades history →
What stands out about Montgomery’s past
Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.
The town of Montgomery was granted a charter by the Vermont General Assembly on March 15, 1780. Montgomery was named in honor of General Richard Montgomery (1738–1775), an Revolutionary War leader who was the first American general to die in battle.
The Montgomery Historical Society was formed in 1974. The society was initially created to acquire and restore the St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church in Montgomery Village.
The following buildings and bridges in Montgomery are listed on the National Register of Historic Places:
Hectorville Covered Bridge (Disassembled and stored awaiting restoration)
St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church (Now known as Pratt Hall, Montgomery Historical Society)
The Montgomery post office opened in 1812, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).
How does Montgomery rank for history?
Montgomery is more historic than 81% of U.S. towns. The History grade combines the town’s founding era, the share of homes built before 1940 and its National Register listings. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
What is on the National Register in Montgomery?
9 listings: 3 buildings and 6 structures.
How old are the homes in Montgomery?
19% of Montgomery’s homes were built before 1940 (Census estimate, ±5.1 points), against a typical 22% for a Vermont town; the median home was built in 1980.
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).
From Wikimedia Commons (2), Wikidata (3), the National Register of Historic Places (9), Wikipedia, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, U.S. Census counts (via Wikipedia), 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.
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