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====Cities and towns==== ====Cities and towns====
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**] (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.)
**] (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.)
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**] (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.)


====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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**] (Possibly for Richard Montgomery. Possibly for Montgomery County, Tennessee, from which an early settler came.) *] (Possibly for Richard Montgomery. Possibly for Montgomery County, Tennessee, from which an early settler came.)
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**] (there is some question as to whether this one was named for Richard Montgomery. It seems to be the case, but it is uncertain.) *] (there is some question as to whether this one was named for Richard Montgomery. It seems to be the case, but it is uncertain.)
**] (This county was ''not'' named for Richard Montgomery, but for '''John Montgomery,''' a local settler) *] (This county was ''not'' named for Richard Montgomery, but for '''John Montgomery,''' a local settler)
**] (This county was ''not'' named for Richard Montgomery, but for its largest community, the town of Montgomery, and therefore indirectly for '''Andrew Montgomery,''' as stated above) *] (This county was ''not'' named for Richard Montgomery, but for its largest community, the town of Montgomery, and therefore indirectly for '''Andrew Montgomery,''' as stated above)
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The original Montgomery was a place in ] and, by extension, the surname of the ] family who originated there. A member of this family, ], founded the town and castle of Montgomery in Wales]], later the county town of ]. The original Montgomery was a place in ] and, by extension, the surname of the ] family who originated there. A member of this family, ], founded the town and castle of Montgomery in Wales]], later the county town of ].


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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:

Places

in the United Kingdom

in the United States

Cities and towns

Counties

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 of Montgomery, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, founded the town and castle of Montgomery in Wales]], later the county town of Montgomeryshire.

See also

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