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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
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Richard Montgomery
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kansas
- Contains
- Independence
- Capital
- Independence
- Population
- 31486
- Area
- 1687
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Chautauqua County
- Official website
- www.MgCountyKS.org
- Image
- Memorial Hall, Independence, KS.jpg
- Households
- 13767
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- different from
- Montgomery County
- Commons category
- Montgomery County, Kansas
- topic's main category
- Category:Montgomery County, Kansas
- water as percent of area
- 1.2
- native label
- Montgomery County
- inception
- 1867-02-26
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Montgomery County, Kansas
- per capita income
- 25719
Sources (10)
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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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