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'''Montgomery''' is, according to placesnamed.com, the name of 86 places in the ] of which 18 are ]. Some of these places were named in honor of the general ], who died in the ] attempting to capture ], ]: '''Montgomery''' is, according to placesnamed.com, the name of 86 places in the ] of which 18 are ]. Some of these places were named in honor of the general ], who died in the ] attempting to capture ], ]:


*Cities: *Cities/Towns:
**] **]
**] (Not known whether it was named for Richard Montgomery or some other person.) **] (Not known whether it was named for Richard Montgomery or some other person.)
**] (Only indirectly named for Richard Montgomery. Its founder had come from Montgomery County, N. Y. and named it for that place.) **] (Only indirectly named for Richard Montgomery. Its founder had come from Montgomery County, N. Y. and named it for that place.)
**] (Not known whether it was named for Richard Montgomery or some other person.)
**] (Not known whether it was named for Richard Montgomery or some other person.)
**] (named for its founder, '''Andrew Montgomery,''' and not for Richard Montgomery.) **] (named for its founder, '''Andrew Montgomery,''' and not for Richard Montgomery.)
**] **]
**] (Not known whether it was named for Richard Montgomery or some other person.)
*Counties: *Counties:
**] (This county was ''not'' named for Richard Montgomery, but for another general, '''Lemuel P. Montgomery'''; oddly, the city of Montgomery in it ''was'' named for Richard Montgomery.) **] (This county was ''not'' named for Richard Montgomery, but for another general, '''Lemuel P. Montgomery'''; oddly, the city of Montgomery in it ''was'' named for Richard Montgomery.)

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Montgomery is, according to placesnamed.com, the name of 86 places in the United States of America of which 18 are Montgomery County. Some of these places were named in honor of the general Richard Montgomery, who died in the American Revolutionary War attempting to capture Quebec, Canada:

The original Montgomery was a place in France and, by extension, the surname of the Norman family who originated there. A member of this family, Roger de Montgomery, founded the town and castle of Montgomery, Wales, later the county town of Montgomeryshire.

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