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Welcome to Montgomery ...

Montgomery is located in Trigg County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Montgomery, you might consider that their post office opened in 1853.

Montgomery is 540 feet [165 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Montgomery lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Montgomery: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Montgomery ...

While we believe that this Montgomery is located in Trigg County, we know of another 2 Kentucky communities named Montgomery. Those communities are located in the following counties: Caldwell and Knott County.

Beyond Kentucky, there are 36 communities that are also named Montgomery - they are located in Alabama, Alberta, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi (2), Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio (2), Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee (3), Texas, Vermont, Virginia (2) and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Montgomery.

Communities near Montgomery ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Montgomery.

  • Hopkinsville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Princeton
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Cadiz
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Crofton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • LaFayette
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Caledonia
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Caledonia is located in Trigg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Caledonia
  • Gracey
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
    • Gracey is located in Christian County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gracey
  • Cerulean
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Wallonia
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Wallonia is located in Trigg County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wallonia
  • Cobb
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Cobb is located in Caldwell County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobb

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Montgomery. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Montgomery.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Montgomery. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Montgomery.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Montgomery. See our Newspapers Page for Montgomery.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Montgomery ...

Looking for more information about Montgomery? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Montgomery, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Montgomery.

Adding Montgomery to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Montgomery in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Montgomery was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Montgomery post office opened in 1853. The Montgomery post office closed in 1916.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Montgomery.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Trigg, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Montgomery - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Montgomery area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Montgomery area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/