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Montgomery County, Alabama

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
73historic places
—earliest paper
1816formed
228,954pop. 2020
82cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 73 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 5 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Montgomery, Mount Meigs, Hope Hull.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Alabama is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Montgomery titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

49 of 73 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

73 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Alabama State Capitol NHLMontgomeryBuilding1966
Alabama State University Historic DistrictMontgomeryDistrict1998
Bell BuildingMontgomeryBuilding1981
Brame HouseMontgomeryBuilding1980
Bricklayers HallMontgomeryBuilding2020
Brittan, Patrick Henry, HouseMontgomeryBuilding1979
Building 800-Austin HallMontgomeryBuilding1988
Building 836-Community College of the Air Force BuildingMontgomeryBuilding1988
Cassimus HouseMontgomeryBuilding1976
Centennial Hill Historic DistrictMontgomeryDistrict2024
City of St. Jude Historic DistrictMontgomeryDistrict1990
Cleveland Court Apartments 620-638MontgomeryBuilding2001
Cloverdale Historic DistrictMontgomeryDistrict1985
Cottage Hill Historic DistrictMontgomeryDistrict1976
Court Square Historic DistrictMontgomeryDistrict1982
Court Square Urban Renewal Area Historic DistrictMontgomeryDistrict2024
Court Square-Dexter Avenue Historic District (Boundary Increase)MontgomeryDistrict1984
Davis, Jefferson, HotelMontgomeryBuilding1979
Dexter Avenue Baptist Church NHLMontgomeryBuilding1974
Dowe Historic DistrictMontgomeryBuilding1988
EdgewoodMontgomeryBuilding1973
First Baptist ChurchMontgomeryBuilding2024
First White House of the ConfederacyMontgomeryBuilding1974
Garden DistrictMontgomeryDistrict1984
Gay HouseMontgomeryBuilding1975
Gerald-Dowdell HouseMontgomeryBuilding1980
Governor's MansionMontgomeryBuilding1972
Grace Episcopal ChurchMount MeigsBuilding1982
Grove Court ApartmentsMontgomeryBuilding2013
Harrington Archaeological SiteMontgomerySite1979
Huntingdon College Campus Historic DistrictMontgomeryDistrict2000
Jackson, Jefferson Franklin, HouseMontgomeryBuilding1984
Jones, Gov. Thomas G., HouseMontgomeryBuilding1978
Lower Commerce Street Historic DistrictMontgomeryDistrict1979
Lower Commerce Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)MontgomeryDistrict1982
Lower Commerce Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)MontgomeryDistrict1987
Maxwell Air Force Base Senior Officer's Quarters Historic DistrictMontgomeryDistrict1988
McBryde-Screws-Tyson HouseMontgomeryBuilding1980
Montgomery Greyhound Bus StationMontgomeryBuilding2011
Montgomery Union Station and Trainshed NHLMontgomeryStructure1973
Montgomery Veterans Administration Hospital Historic DistrictMontgomeryDistrict2012
Moore BuildingMontgomeryBuilding2024
Mt. Zion AME Zion ChurchMontgomeryBuilding2002
MuklassaMontgomerySite1973
Murphy House, TheMontgomeryBuilding1972
Old Ship African Methodist Episcopal Zion ChurchMontgomeryBuilding1991
Opp CottageMontgomeryBuilding1976
Ordeman-Shaw Historic DistrictMontgomeryDistrict1971
Pastorium, Dexter Avenue Baptist ChurchMontgomeryBuilding1982
Peacock Tract Historic DistrictMontgomeryDistrict2025
Pepperman HouseMontgomeryBuilding1982
Perry Street Historic DistrictMontgomeryDistrict1971
Powder MagazineMontgomeryBuilding1973
Sayre Street SchoolMontgomeryBuilding1982
Scott Street FirehouseMontgomeryBuilding1981
Semple HouseMontgomeryBuilding1972
Shepherd BuildingMontgomeryBuilding1986
Shine, Jere, SiteMontgomerySite1978
Smith-Joseph-Stratton HouseMontgomeryBuilding1985
South Perry Street Historic DistrictMontgomeryDistrict1984
St. John's Episcopal ChurchMontgomeryBuilding1975
Stay HouseMontgomeryBuilding1979
Steiner-Lobman and Teague Hardware BuildingsMontgomeryBuilding1979
Stone PlantationMontgomeryBuilding2001
Tankersley Rosenwald SchoolHope HullBuilding2009
Thigpen, Dr. C. A., HouseMontgomeryBuilding1977
Tulane BuildingMontgomeryBuilding1979
Tyson-Maner HouseMontgomeryBuilding1979
United States Post Office and Courthouse-Montgomery NHLMontgomeryBuilding1998
Wharton-Chappell HouseMontgomeryBuilding2016
Winter BuildingMontgomeryBuilding1972
Winter PlaceMontgomeryBuilding2006
Yancey, William Lowndes, Law Office NHLMontgomeryBuilding1973

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Montgomery was formed in 1816 (1816-12-06) from Monroe.

MONTGOMERY created by Mississippi Territory from MONROE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Montgomery County population from 1820 to 2020 (Census historical series).

229k118k6,6041820184018801920196020002020
182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
6,60424,57435,90452,35672,04780,853114,420138,965169,210197,038223,510228,954

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

82 cemeteries and 1 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 82 listed
NameLatLon
Antioch Cemetery32.36815-86.11118
Ashurst Cemetery32.34688-86.10723
Augusta Cemetery32.41402-86.14385
Ball Cemetery32.1493-86.36469
Barnett Cemetery32.27222-86.02747
Barnett Cemetery32.21069-86.05106
Bell Cemetery32.10346-86.27689
Bethany Cemetery32.17236-86.16524
Bethel Cemetery32.18558-86.36257
Bethesda Cemetery32.07931-85.99912
Birch Hill Cemetery32.36847-86.0219
Brighter Cemetery32.30224-86.0448
Cantelous Cemetery32.33652-86.45362
Chesser Cemetery32.10375-86.19468
Eastwood Memorial Gardens32.40985-86.15746
Fair Prospect Cemetery32.01099-86.28945
Fannin Cemetery31.9957-86.16912
Flora Cemetery32.34586-86.20014
Frazer-McLeod Cemetery32.07153-86.09634
Freeman Cemetery32.35886-86.18924
Ganey Cemetery32.13256-86.35329
Garner Cemetery31.97387-86.182
Gilder Cemetery32.35114-86.09892
Gilmer Cemetery32.26148-86.06907
Grace Episcopal Church Cemetery32.35545-86.09738
Green Family Cemetery32.36652-86.21941
Greenwood Cemetery32.37198-86.26104
Hardt Cemetery32.26291-86.04051
Hickory Bend Cemetery32.40568-86.04308
Hickory Grove Cemetery32.0667-86.39739
Hill Cemetery32.31509-86.0219
Hills Chapel Cemetery32.03514-86.1269
Holt Cemetery32.35179-86.22617
Howell Cemetery32.2464-86.14019
Jackson Cemetery32.13014-86.24762
Jones Cemetery32.30839-86.19699
Joseph Cemetery32.29736-86.26524
Judkins Cemetery32.33347-86.00468
Kennedy Cemetery32.14126-86.17822
Kindle Baptist Church Memorial Cemetery32.34625-86.37736
Larkin Cemetery32.37244-86.24015
Lincoln Cemetery32.36786-86.26478
Lucas Hill Cemetery32.33546-86.03414
Manning Springs - McDade Cemetery32.35199-86.04563
Marshall Cemetery32.42825-86.21436
Mathis Cemetery32.26885-86.05987
Mathis Cemetery32.27991-86.11176
Meriwether Cemetery32.24319-86.01356
Mitchell Cemetery32.3575-86.09435
Mosleys Cemetery32.15346-86.3911
Mount Meigs Cemetery32.35519-86.0994
Murrell Cemetery32.16437-86.39351
New Center Cemetery32.14358-86.35895
Oakwood Cemetery32.38445-86.2952
Old Philadelphia Cemetery31.96763-86.25103
Orange Cemetery32.19458-86.00162
Orion Cemetery31.96788-86.00703
Orme Cemetery32.12681-86.19163
Panhandle Cemetery32.20764-86.04912
Perrys Mill Cemetery32.29301-86.15744
Pinkston Cemetery32.35398-86.12919
Pleasant Hill Cemetery32.21847-86.20607
Ray Cemetery32.33833-86.13092
Remount Park Cemetery32.36654-86.26615
Robinson Cemetery32.42007-86.17102
Saint James Cemetery32.34819-86.05218
Sand Creek Cemetery32.11243-86.0654
Sankey Cemetery32.17219-86.30938
Scott Cemetery32.40602-86.06849
Sentell Cemetery32.02005-86.20834
Shackelford Cemetery32.18512-86.36394
Sharp Cemetery32.16022-86.29639
Sprague Cemetery32.12976-86.27433
Stones Cemetery32.34562-86.4294
Strokes Cemetery32.23897-86.36745
Taylor Cemetery32.36937-86.19956
Troy Chapel Cemetery32.29297-86.25883
Underwood Cemetery32.14916-86.2459
Urquhart Cemetery32.09347-86.12134
Wescott Cemetery32.40903-86.19404
Historical populated places — 1 of 1
NameLatLon
Muklassa32.42514-86.16247

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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