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The Commonwealth of Virginia is divided into 95 counties and 39 independent cities, which are considered county-equivalents for census purposes.

Montgomery County, Virginia

Montgomery County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

County Seat: Christiansburg
Year Organized: 1777
Square Miles: 388

Court House:

755 Roanoke Street, Suite 2E
Government Center
Christiansburg, VA 24073-3178

Etymology - Origin of County Name

Montgomery is named for American Revolutionary War general Richard Montgomery.

Demographics:

County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick Facts

History

Montgomery County, Virginia formed from Fincastle (extinguished), Botetourt, and Pulaski Counties. Legislative enactment in 1776. Organized in 1777. Botetourt and Pulaski gave only small portions in 1841-1842, 1848-1849, and 1852-1853. [Virginia Counties: Those Resulting from Virginia Legislation, by Morgan Poitiaux Robinson, originally published as Bulletin of the Virginia State Library, Volume 9, January, April, July 1916, reprinted 1992 by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, MD.]

Montgomery County was named for Richard Montgomery, who was killed in the American assault on Quebec late in 1775. It was formed from Fincastle County in 1776. Part of Botetourt County was added in 1789, and part of Pulaski County was added in 1842. Its area is 388 square miles, and the county seat is Christiansburg.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 389 square miles (1,009 km²), of which, 388 square miles (1,005 km²) of it is land and 1 square miles (3 km²) of it (0.31%) is water.

Neighboring Counties:

Craig County, VA to the north
Floyd County, VA to the south
Giles County, VA to the northwest
Pulaski County, VA to the west
Roanoke County, VA to the east

Cities and Towns:

- Blacksburg	town	Incorporated Area
- Christiansburg (County Seat)	town	Incorporated Area
- Roanoke	city	Incorporated Area

County Resources:

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Online High Schools

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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic features of our country!"

But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.

Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally, act locally."

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