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Montgomery County is located in the State of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, its population was 228,954, making it the seventh-most populous county in Alabama. Its county seat is Montgomery, the state capital. Montgomery County is included in the Montgomery Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Montgomery is the capital city of the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Montgomery County. Named for Continental Army Major General Richard Montgomery, it stands beside the Alabama River, on the coastal Plain of the Gulf of Mexico. The population was 200,603 at the 2020 census.
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Mar 19, 2024 · Founding Date: December 6, 1816. Area: 793 square miles. Population: 228,954 (2020 Census estimate) Major Waterways: Alabama River, Tallapoosa River. Major Highways: I-65, I-85, U.S. Highways 31, 231, 331, 80, and 82. County Seat: Montgomery. Largest City: Montgomery. History.
Founding and early years. Andrew Dexter, one of the founders of Montgomery. In 1816, Montgomery County was formed, and its lands were sold off the next year at the federal land office in Milledgeville, Georgia. The first group of settlers to come to the Montgomery area was headed by General John Scott.
Montgomery County is a county in the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, its population was 228,954, making it the fifth-most populous county in Alabama. [1] Its county seat is Montgomery, the state capital. [2] Montgomery County was founded on December 6, 1816.
Montgomery County was carved out of Monroe County and originally embraced the majority of central Alabama, east of the ridge dividing the Tuscaloosa and Tombigbee Rivers from the Cahaba River, west of the Okfuskee and Coosa, and south of the mountains of Blount.
The Montgomery, Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area (commonly known as the Tri-Counties or the River Region) is a metropolitan area in central Alabama. As of 2020, the MSA had a population of 386,047, ranking it 142nd among United States Metropolitan Statistical Areas. That number is up +3.07% from the 2010 census number of 374,536.