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Welcome to Montrose ...

Montrose is located in Dane County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Montrose, you might consider that their post office opened in 1878.

Montrose is 960 feet [293 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Montrose: 608 & 353<3>

Communities Also Named Montrose ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Wisconsin communities named Montrose: This one is located in Dane County and the other is located in Manitowoc County.

Beyond Wisconsin, there are 37 communities that are also named Montrose - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Georgia (2), Illinois (2), Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland (2), Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina (2), Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania (3), Prince Edward Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Virginia and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Montrose ...

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

  • Madison
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Madison is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madison
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 263,094 people
  • Fitchburg
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Fitchburg is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,866 people
  • Middleton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Middleton is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,195 people
  • Verona
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Verona is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,539 people
  • Stoughton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Stoughton is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoughton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,218 people
  • Oregon
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Oregon is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,731 people
  • Monroe
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Monroe is located in Green County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monroe
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,426 people
  • McFarland
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • McFarland is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McFarland
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,291 people
  • Monona
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Monona is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Monona
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,164 people
  • Mount Horeb
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Mount Horeb is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Horeb
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,563 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Montrose ...

Looking for more information about Montrose? 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 Montrose, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Montrose.

Adding Montrose to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Montrose 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 Montrose was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Montrose post office opened in 1878. The Montrose post office closed in 1900.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Montrose.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Dane, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Montrose - 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 608 code has been Overlayed with the 353 area code. New phone numbers in the Montrose area will be assigned with one of these codes: 608 or 353. As a result, placing a call in the Montrose area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>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/