Town of Montgomery

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Marker Text: ​Founded in July, 1837 by W.W. Shepherd. Incorporated in 1848. Montgomery County was created December 14, 1837 James Mitchell, Pleasant Gray, William Robinson, Elijah Collard, Charles Barnett, Joseph L. Bennet, Dr. B.B. Goodrich, D.D. Dunham and Henry Fanthrop, Commissioners, selected Montgomery as the County Seat and it remained as such until 1889. Important trade center before the Civil War. (1936)

Marker No: 7916

1936 Gray Granite Centennial Marker

Geographic: 30.391390, -95.696358

Location: SH 149 in front of Community Building, Montgomery