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Montgomery County
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county in Kansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kansas
- Founded
- February 26, 1867
- Named after
- Richard Montgomery
- Seat
- Independence
- Largest city
- Coffeyville
- Total
- 651 sq mi (1,690 km )
- Land
- 644 sq mi (1,670 km )
- Water
- 8.0 sq mi (21 km ) 1.2%
- Estimate 2025
- 30,177
- Density
- 48.9/sq mi (18.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 2nd
- Website
- mgcountyks.org
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Montgomery County is a county located in Southeast Kansas. Its county seat is Independence, and its most populous city is Coffeyville. As of the 2020 United States census, the county population was 31,486. The county was named after Richard Montgomery, a major general during the American Revolutionary War.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Montgomery County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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