Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Genealogy

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County Courthouse
Montgomery County Courthouse PO Box 311 Norristown, PA 19404-0311

History

 * Named for either Richard Montgomery, the American Revolutionary War general who was killed at Battle of Quebec in 1775 or for Montgomeryshire, Wales, from where much of early Welsh Quakers came from. The Quakers settled in the Welsh Tract. Early histories yielded nothing as to how the name came to be.

Parent County
Created 10 September 1794 from Philadelphia County.

Boundary Changes
No counties were formed from Montgomery County.

Populated Places

 * Home Rule Muncipalities: Bryn Athyn . Cheltenham Township . Horsham Township . Norristown . Plymouth Township . Whitemarsh Township
 * Boroughs: Ambler . Bridgeport . Collegeville . Conshohocken . East Greenville . Green Lane . Hatboro . Hatfield . Jenkintown . Lansdale . Narberth . North Wales . Pennsburg . Pottstown . Red Hill . Rockledge . Royersford . Schwenksville . Souderton . Telford . Trappe . West Conshohocken
 * Townships: Abington . Douglass . East Norriton . Franconia . Hatfield . Limerick . Lower Frederick . Lower Gwynedd . Lower Merion . Lower Moreland . Lower Pottsgrove . Lower Providence . Lower Salford . Marlborough . Montgomery . New Hanover . Perkiomen . Salford . Skippack . Springfield . Towamencin . Upper Dublin . Upper Frederick . Upper Gwynedd . Upper Hanover . Upper Merion . Upper Moreland . Upper Pottsgrove . Upper Providence . Upper Salford . West Norriton . West Pottsgrove . Whitpain . Worcester
 * Communities: Ardmore . Ardsley . Audubon . Bala Cynwyd . Barren Hill . Bethayres . Blue Bell . Bryn Mawr . Crestmont . Dresher . Eagleville . Elkins Park . Erdenheim . Evansburg . Flourtown . Fort Washington . Gilbertsville . Gladwyne . Glenside . Graterford . Gulph Mills . Halfway House . Harleysville . Haverford . Hollywood . Horsham . Huntingdon Valley . Jarrettown . King of Prussia . Kulpsville . Lafayette Hill . La Mott . Laverock . Linfield . Maple Glen . Montgomeryville . Meadowbrook . Melrose Park . Merion . Miquon . Mont Clare . Noble . North Hills . Oaks . Oreland . Penn Wynne . Perkiomenville . Plymouth Meeting . Port Indian . Port Providence . Pottsgrove . Prospectville . Rosemont . Roslyn . Roychester . Rydal . Sanatoga . Skippack . Spring House . Spring Mount . Stowe . Three Tons . Trooper . Villanova . Wayne . Willow Grove . Wyncote . Wyndmoor . Wynnewood . Zieglersville

Neighboring Counties
Berks | Bucks | Chester | Delaware | Lehigh | Philadelphia

Gazetteers

 * United States Geographic Survey Place Names - GNIS for Montgomery County (over 2000) (may not always be present in alphabetic order on first try.)

Web Sites

 * FamilySearch.org
 * The Montgomery County PAGenWeb Project, an member of The PAGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.