Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Montgomery is, according to placesnamed.com, the name of 86 places in the United States of America of which 18 are Montgomery County. Some of these places were named in honor of the general Richard Montgomery, who died in the American Revolutionary War attempting to capture Quebec, Canada: Cities/Towns: Montgomery, Alabama Montgomery, Georgia (Not known whether it was named for Richard Montgomery or some other person.) Montgomery, Illinois (Only indirectly named for Richard Montgomery. Its founder had come from Montgomery County, N. Y. and named it for that place.) Montgomery, New York (Not known whether it was named for Richard Montgomery or some other person.) Montgomery, Pennsylvania (Not known whether it was named for Richard Montgomery or some other person.) Montgomery, Texas (named for its founder, Andrew Montgomery, and not for Richard Montgomery.) Montgomery, Vermont Montgomery, West Virginia (Not known whether it was named for Richard Montgomery or some other person.) Counties: Montgomery County, Alabama (This county was not named for Richard Montgomery, but for another general, Lemuel P. Montgomery; oddly, the city of Montgomery in it was named for Richard Montgomery.) Montgomery County, Arkansas Montgomery County, Georgia Montgomery County, Illinois Montgomery County, Indiana Montgomery County, Iowa Montgomery County, Kansas Montgomery County, Kentucky Montgomery County, Maryland Montgomery County, Mississippi (Possibly for Richard Montgomery. Possibly for Montgomery County, Tennessee, from which an early settler came.) Montgomery County, Missouri Montgomery County, New York Montgomery County, North Carolina Montgomery County, Ohio Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (there is some question as to whether this one was named for Richard Montgomery. It seems to be the case, but it is uncertain.) Montgomery County, Tennessee (This county was not named for Richard Montgomery, but for John Montgomery, a local settler) Montgomery County, Texas (This county was not named for Richard Montgomery, but for its largest community, the town of Montgomery, and therefore indirectly for Andrew Montgomery, as stated above) Montgomery County, Virginia The original Montgomery was a place in France and, by extension, the surname of the Norman family who originated there. A member of this family, Roger de Montgomery, founded the town and castle of Montgomery, Wales, later the county town of Montgomeryshire. See also: Montgomery cocktail Wes Montgomery This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that just points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name. If you followed a link here, you might want to go back and fix that link to point to the appropriate specific page. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.