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63 unusual facts about Montgomery County


4th Georgia Regiment

Immediately, the people of Lower Merion Township began to complain of marauding by the soldiers.

Ami Miron

He is on the Upper Dublin School District Strategic Planning Committee in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and is a member of several other community organizations.

B.J. Phillips

Instead of Brown's photo and byline, those of Phillips ran in at least the edition delivered to suburban Delaware County, PA, while Brown's photo and byline ran properly in at least the edition delivered to suburban Montgomery County, PA.

Benjamin Lay

In 1710, he moved to Barbados as a merchant, but his abolition principles, fueled by his Quaker radicalism, became obnoxious to the people who lived there so he moved to Abington, Pennsylvania in the United States.

BoRit Asbestos

The BoRit Asbestos Area Community Advisory Group (CAG) was established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and community members to represent the interests of the communities surrounding the 32 acre BoRit Asbestos Area near the intersection of Whitpain Township, Upper Dublin Township, and Ambler Borough, Pennsylvania, in providing advice and input regarding the BoRit Asbestos Area.

Charles Douglas III

Born in Abington, Pennsylvania, Douglas attended schools in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania.

Charles T. Carpenter

Charles Thomas Carpenter, born December 9, 1858 in Bedford County, Tennessee, died February 22, 1945 at Montgomery County, Kansas, was a pioneer banker who was taken hostage by the Dalton Gang in their last raid, October 5, 1892, in Coffeyville, Kansas.

He was also senior partner in the Charles T. Carpenter Insurance Agency, the largest agency in Montgomery County, Kansas.

Chris Cline

SNL Financial reported in 2008 that Deer Run coal mine in Montgomery County, Illinois, a project of Cline's Hillsboro Energy LLC, would produce up to 8 million tons annually until 2016.

Continuous-flow intersection

#Miami Township, Montgomery County, Ohio, construction spring of 2009, at intersection of SR 741 and Miamisburg-Springboro Road/Austin Pike.

Douglas Shulman

He graduated from Oakwood High School in 1985.

Drummond, Maryland

Drummond, Maryland is a village and special taxing district in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Edward S. Walker, Jr.

Edward S. Walker was born in Abington, Pennsylvania.

Edwin M. Randall

Randall was born in Canajoharie, New York in Montgomery County, New York on April 5, 1822.

Enoch Tanner Wickham

One of his largest statues was a Memorial to honor his son Ernest Wickham and other local soldiers of Montgomery County, Tennessee who died in World War II.

Francis Wayland Glen

He was born in Minaville, New York, the son of Elijah McKinney Glen, of Scottish descent, and was educated in Rochester.

Fred Hess

Fred Hess (born 1944, Abington, Pennsylvania) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist.

Funny Cide

Once a steeplechase jockey, Tagg (who grew up in Abington, Pennsylvania and won his first race in 1972 at Liberty Bell Park) was a journeyman who had been on the racing scene for over 30 years.

George Amedore

Previously, he had been a member of the New York State Assembly representing the 105th Assembly District, which includes all of Montgomery County and part of Schenectady County.

Henry Overholser

Overholser was born April 14, 1846 on a farm in Montgomery County, Ohio, the son of John and Elizabeth (Niswonger) Overholser.

Historic Collinsville

Historic Collinsville, located in south Montgomery County, Tennessee near Southside, is a recreated village/museum that offers a glimpse into mid 19th century life.

John-David F. Bartoe

John-David Francis Bartoe (b. November 17, 1944 in Abington, Pennsylvania) is an American astrophysicist.

Josiah Henson

Riley would not regret his decision, for Henson rose in his owners' esteem, and was eventually entrusted as the supervisor of his master's farm, located in Montgomery County, Maryland (in what is now North Bethesda).

Judy Dodge

As of January 14, 2008, Dodge was elected as President of the Montgomery County, Ohio Commission.

Kenny Vasoli

Kenneth Robert "Kenny" Vasoli (born May 20, 1984 in Abington, Pennsylvania) is the lead singer and bassist of The Starting Line and Vacationer.

KGG68

It broadcasts weather and hazard information for the following Counties: Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, and Waller.

Littleton Prince

The Alabama Department of Archives and History has a letter from the Montgomery County Sheriff informing the governor, John Gayle, that Littleton Prince had escaped from jail.

Local option

Montgomery County, Maryland, for example, has used local option to establish its alcohol control monopoly within its borders.

Manayunk Expressway

The Manayunk Expressway was to begin in Plymouth Meeting, Montgomery County, at the Mid-County Interchange where I-276 (Pennsylvania Turnpike) and I-476 (Blue Route/Northeast Extension) currently meet.

Mark R. Showalter

Showalter was born in Abington, Pennsylvania.

Matthew Lawrence

Lawrence was born in Abington Township, Pennsylvania, the son of Donna Lynn (née Shaw), a personnel manager, and Joseph Lawrence, Sr., an insurance broker.

Matthias B. Hildreth

His family moved in 1797 from Southampton, Long Island to Johnstown, then in Montgomery County, New York, where his father James Hildreth (d. 1818) became judge of the Court of Common Pleas.

Michael Henne

In the Republican primary, he faced Butler Township Trustee Joe Ellis.

Montgomery College

Montgomery College (M.C.) is a public, open access community college located in Montgomery County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C..

Montgomery County, Georgia

Montgomery County is named in honor of Richard Montgomery, an American Revolutionary War general killed in 1775 while attempting to capture Quebec City, Canada.

Montgomery County, Illinois

It was named in honor of Richard Montgomery, an American Revolutionary War general killed in 1775 while attempting to capture Quebec City, Canada.

Otto Funk (1868–1934) Violinist who achieved fame (and a Guinness Book of Records entry) by walking from New York to San Francisco in the depression-era, "playing the fiddle every step of the way." When he died in 1934 at the age of 65, he was accorded the biggest funeral in the history of Montgomery County.

Montgomery County, Indiana

The earliest known inhabitants of the area that would become Montgomery County were the Mound Builders, Native American peoples who built large earthen mounds, two of which were constructed in southeastern Franklin Township.

The cornerstone contains an embedded copper box of memorable items, including the key to the old courthouse and a Henry VIII coin.

The county was named in honor of Richard Montgomery, an American Revolutionary War general killed on December 31, 1775, while attempting to capture Quebec City in the Battle of Quebec.

Montgomery County, Kansas

It was named in honor of Richard Montgomery, an American Revolutionary War general killed in 1775 while attempting to capture Quebec City, in Canada, after successfully capturing two forts and the city of Montreal.

Montgomery, Illinois

In the fall of 1835, Daniel S. Gray, from Montgomery County, New York, visited the area where his brother Nicholas Gray had located in the previous spring, on a farm now within the limits of Kendall County.

Nicholas Scull II

He died in 1761 and was buried in Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Oakmont, Maryland

Oakmont, Maryland is a village and special taxing district in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Old English District

The district continued under that name when the county name was changed to Montgomery County in April, 1784, after the American Revolution.

Old York Road Symphony

The Old York Road Symphony is an American orchestra based in Abington, Pennsylvania.

Pearl Van Sciver

Sometime before Pearl turned 4 years old, her parents moved just outside the city to Wyndmoor, in Springfield Township, Montgomery County.

Penllyn

Penllyn a village in Lower Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Route 752

Pennsylvania Route 752 was a state highway located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Randy Garber

He earned one cap with the U.S. national team and currently coaches youth soccer in Abington, Pennsylvania.

Ranelagh Harriers

Ranelagh has a sister organization, the Montgomery County Road Runners Club (MCRRC), in Montgomery County, Maryland (near Washington, D.C.); its members have full reciprocal membership privileges when visiting the MCRRC.

Revueltosaurus

The type series of R. olseni was thought to originate from the Pekin Formation of Montgomery County.

Richie Ashburn

He is interred in the Gladwyne Methodist Church Cemetery, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Roland Winburn

Representative Winburn was appointed as a Harrison Township Trustee in 2001 and elected to two full, four-year terms in 2002 and 2006.

Samuel Carpenter

Horsham Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania was named in honour of the birthplace of Samuel Carpenter "purchased 5,000 acres (20 km2), 4,200 acres (17 km2) within the present boundaries of the township. In 1709, Carpenter, then Treasurer of Pennsylvania, began to sell tracts of land to migrating Quakers. In 1717, Horsham Township was established as a municipal entity by a vote of the people."

Schuylkill Canal Association

Organized in 1982 as the Schuylkill Canal Advisory Board, the Association, in cooperation with Upper Providence Township, Montgomery County, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, maintains the canal reach, associated structures, parks and trails.

Scott Loftin

Born in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama; moved to Pensacola, Florida, with his parents in 1887; attended the public schools and Washington and Lee University School of Law at Lexington, Virginia; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1899 and commenced practice in Pensacola, Fla.

Squeak Carnwath

Squeak Carnwath (born 1947 in Abington, Pennsylvania) is a contemporary American painter.

Stu Klitenic

He was named "All-Met" in 1973 and in 2008 was named one of the top Montgomery County shooters of the 1970s.

Ten Mile Loop

The Ten Mile Loop was to begin at an interchange with I-76 (Schuylkill Expressway) in Conshohocken, Montgomery County.

United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, 1988

Heinz died in an airplane crash on April 4, 1991, in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania.

Wilson S. Hill

Born near Lodi, Mississippi, Hill attended the common schools and the University of Mississippi at Oxford.

Wolf Wigo

Wolf Wigo (born May 8, 1973 in Abington, PA) is a renowned American water polo player and coach.


Anwar Phillips

Phillips attended Northwest High School in Germantown, Maryland.

Black Twig Pickers

They come from Shawsville and Blacksburg in Montgomery County, Virginia and Lewisburg in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.

Cedarbrook, Philadelphia

Cheltenham Avenue to the northeast (a county line and city limit, beyond which lies Cheltenham Township, Montgomery County);

David Taylor Model Basin

The new navy modeling facility — named for David Taylor — was built in 1939 in today's community of Carderock just west of Bethesda, Maryland in Montgomery County.

Fulton County, New York

In the mid-18th century, Sir William Johnson, founder of Fort Johnson in Montgomery County and of Johnstown, arrived in the area that would become Fulton County.

George Holmes Howison

George Holmes Howison was born on November 29, 1834, in Montgomery County, Maryland, and died in Berkeley, California on December 31, 1916.

Graham Cave

Graham Cave is a Native American archeological site near Mineola, Missouri in Montgomery County in the hills above the Loutre River.

Herman L. Taylor, Jr.

District 14 includes parts of Silver Spring, Calverton, Colesville, Cloverly, Fairland, Burtonsville, Olney, Brookeville, Laytonsville, Damascus, Ashton and Sandy Spring in Montgomery County.

Isaac Briggs

He co-founded the American Board of Agriculture and a cotton mill and manufacturing town at Triadelphia in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Israel Jacobs

Jaobs was born near the Perkiomen Creek in Providence Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Joseph G. LaPointe, Jr.

A portion of Ohio State Route 49 in Montgomery County has been designated the "Joseph G. LaPointe Jr. Memorial Highway".

KBTX-TV

KBTX serves Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Leon, Madison, Milam, Montgomery, Robertson, Walker and Washington counties, some of which are also in the Houston market, but receive KBTX.

Layfield, Pennsylvania

Layfield, Pennsylvania is an unincorporated community in NW Montgomery County on Route 73 and Route 663.

Lone Star College System

The headquarters of the Lone Star College System are located in The Woodlands and in unincorporated Montgomery County, Texas.

Mary Hartline

Her father was involved in local politics, becoming chairman of the Montgomery County Democratic Party and, after Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president, the Hillsboro postmaster.

North Potomac, Maryland

Cabin John and Robert Frost middle schools feed into Thomas S. Wootton High School in nearby Rockville, Maryland, Herbert Hoover feeds into Churchill High School in nearby Potomac, Maryland, and Jones Lane feeds into Quince Orchard High School.

Northeast Branch Anacostia River

Portions of the Paint Branch and Little Paint Branch tributaries also drain the Cloverly, Colesville, Fairland, White Oak and Hillandale communities in Montgomery County.

Northeast Consortium

The Northeast Consortium is a group of high schools in northeast Montgomery County, Maryland, composed of James Hubert Blake High School, Paint Branch High School and Springbrook High School.

Pennsylvania lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2006

Jim Matthews, a Montgomery County Commissioner, was unopposed for the nomination for Lieutenant Governor and thus served alongside Lynn Swann on the Republican ticket.

Pennsylvania Route 332

PA 332 begins at an intersection with PA 263 (York Road) in Hatboro, Montgomery County, heading east on Montgomery Avenue, a two-lane undivided roadway.

Pennsylvania Route 663

PA 663 begins at an intersection with PA 100 in Pottstown, Montgomery County, heading east on four-lane undivided West King Street.

Poolesville Historic District

The Poolesville Historic District is a national historic district located at Poolesville, Montgomery County, Maryland.

Roaring Springs, Texas

(June 23, 1919–July 30, 2012), a native of Willis near Conroe in Montgomery County, Texas, was for thirty-five years the depot agent of the Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railroad, first in Roaring Springs and after 1960 in Floydada.

Sligo Middle School

Its receiving schools are Montgomery Blair High School, Albert Einstein High School, John F. Kennedy High School, Northwood High School, and Wheaton High School as a part of the Downcounty Consortium.

St. Thomas' Church, Whitemarsh

Thomas' Church, Whitemarsh is an Episcopal church located at the juncture of Bethlehem Pike, Skippack Pike, and Church Road in Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Thomas Telford

The Borough of County Line in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania changed its name to Telford in 1857, after the North Pennsylvania Railroad Company named its new station there "Telford" in honour of Thomas Telford.