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Welcome to Montgomeryville ...

Montgomeryville is located in Montgomery County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Montgomeryville, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1831.

Montgomeryville is 450 feet [137 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Montgomeryville lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Montgomeryville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Pennsylvania communities named Montgomeryville: This one is located in Montgomery County and the other is located in Armstrong County.

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

Communities near Montgomeryville ...

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

  • Norristown
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Phoenixville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Perkasie
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Perkasie have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Perkasie
    • Perkasie is located in Bucks County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,855 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Perkasie <3>
  • Quakertown
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Doylestown
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Conshohocken
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Hatboro
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Souderton
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Souderton have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Souderton
    • Souderton is located in Montgomery County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,110 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Souderton <3>
  • Ambler
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ambler have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ambler
    • Ambler is located in Montgomery County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,496 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ambler <3>
  • Collegeville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)

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 Montgomeryville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Montgomeryville.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Montgomeryville. 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 Montgomeryville.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Montgomeryville ...

Looking for more information about Montgomeryville? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Montgomeryville, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Montgomeryville.

Adding Montgomeryville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Montgomeryville in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

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

From that list, the Montgomeryville post office opened in 1831.

We also found Montgomeryville in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Montgomeryville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties, including Montgomery, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Montgomeryville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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