Montgomery
Montgomery county was founded in 1779 from Anson County. The county seat of Montgomery County is Troy. Montgomery County was named for General Richard Montgomery who was killed in 1775 during the Revolutionary War attempt to capture City.
Part of Montgomery County (to the west of the Pee Dee River) was used to create Stanly County. The county is made up of the following townships: Biscoe, Candor, Mount Gilead, Star, Troy. Although the current county seat is Troy, earlier county seats (from the official Montgomery County website):”The first county seat was Tinsdale (or Tindalsville) on the west bank of the river. Among the many roving county seats are references to Blakely, Henderson, Stokes and Lawrenceville. Tindalsville was wiped out by an epidemic of typhoid fever. The roving county seats were burned and their county records lost.” The division of the county by the Pee Dee river had led to the controversy over where to place the county seat since at that time travel was made VERY difficult by the dividing river. This ultimately led to the split of Stanly county on the west side of the Pee Dee River. The county was split in 1842 and the new county seat (present day Troy) was established at West Old Fields.
The current name of the county seat, Troy, was due to the prominence of a popular attorney in the judicial district, John B. Troy. Legend says that the streets of Troy were paved with gold. It seems that fill dirt from the nearby Eldorado gold mine was used during the paving of the streets. Those with a sharp eye were said to have found gold nuggets in the streets. Eldorado had been a thriving mining community to the north of Troy.
Montgomery County is also home to the Uwharrie National Forest (50,129 acres). (It extends into Randolph and Davidson Counties.)
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Mount Gilead, NC 27366
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Extension director retires after 32 years
Wilkes Journal Patriot Mrs. Edsel also worked with as a summer intern with cooperative extension in 1976 in Montgomery County. The Ashe County native and graduate of Northwest … |
Emergency communications options explored - Montgomery Herald
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Emergency communications options explored
Montgomery Herald Montgomery County agencies currently use two different systems, with law enforcement using UHF (ultra high frequency) systems while fire, EMS and rescue use … |
Facing Deficits, Some States Cut Summer School - New York Times
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Facing Deficits, Some States Cut Summer School
New York Times These include Montgomery County, Md., and Cincinnati, where officials have used $1.5 million of the city's stimulus dollars to offer full-day summer school … |
NC DOT takes steps to ease holiday travel - WMBF
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NC DOT takes steps to ease holiday travel
WMBF One lane in each direction of US 220 at the Randolph/Montgomery County line will be closed due to the construction of rest areas. No work will occur during … |
Church Youth Group Members Rescued from Uwharrie River - My Fox 8
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Church Youth Group Members Rescued from Uwharrie River
My Fox 8 MONTGOMERY COUNTY, NC - At least nine members of a church youth group from Raleigh had to be rescued from the Uwharrie River … Church group safe after river rescue in Montgomery County Youth Group Plucked From River After Boats Capsize Raleigh church group rescued from river |
Hitting the road for 4th? Here are some tips - CharlotteObserver.com
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Hitting the road for 4th? Here are some tips
CharlotteObserver.com US 220, near the Randolph-Montgomery county line. One lane is closed in each direction, because of construction of rest areas. No work is taking place this … |
