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Montour County
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county in Pennsylvania, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Founded
- May 3, 1850
- Named after
- Andrew Montour
- Seat
- Danville
- Largest borough
- Danville
- Total
- 132 sq mi (340 km )
- Land
- 130 sq mi (340 km )
- Water
- 2.1 sq mi (5.4 km ) 1.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 17,868
- Density
- 137/sq mi (53/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional district
- 9th
- Website
- www .montourcounty .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Pennsylvania
- Contains
- Derry Township
- Capital
- Danville
- Population
- 18136
- Area
- 343
- Shares border with
- Lycoming County
- Official website
- www.montourco.org
- Image
- Courthouse Montour Co PA.jpg
- Households
- 7475
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- Commons category
- Montour County, Pennsylvania
- topic's main category
- Category:Montour County, Pennsylvania
- inception
- 1850-05-03
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Montour County, Pennsylvania
- water as percent of area
- 1.6
- native label
- Montour County
- per capita income
- 35407
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Encyclopedic overview
Montour County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,136. Its county seat is Danville. The county is named for Andrew Montour, a prominent Métis interpreter who served with George Washington during the French and Indian War. It encompasses 132 sq mi, making it the smallest county by land area in the state. The county is part of the Central Pennsylvania region of the state.
Montour County is part of the Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Montour County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.