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—digitized titles
75historic places
—earliest paper
1776formed
99,721pop. 2020
19cemeteries
1CW battlefields
At a glance
Summary
The National Register of Historic Places includes 75 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1969. Most listings are in or near Blacksburg, Christiansburg, Elliston.
Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.
Montgomery County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).
1790
1800
1820
1840
1860
1880
1900
1920
1940
1950
1960
1980
2000
2020
13,228
9,044
8,733
7,405
10,617
16,693
15,852
18,595
21,206
29,780
32,923
63,516
83,629
99,721
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
19 cemeteries and 5 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.
Cemeteries — 19 of 19 listed
Name
Lat
Lon
Anderson Cemetery
37.2554
-80.34921
Belmont Community Cemetery
37.16512
-80.4581
Bennett Cemetery
37.2654
-80.32865
Charlton Cemetery
37.14929
-80.44838
Den Hill Cemetery
37.15568
-80.31226
Flag Cemetery
37.13401
-80.39199
Hale Cemetery
37.27595
-80.39616
Jennelle Cemetery
37.18623
-80.4031
Kipps Cemetery
37.20595
-80.46033
Mount Zion Cemetery
37.22762
-80.51394
Oak Grove Cemetery
37.11012
-80.3706
Pleasant View Cemetery
37.28651
-80.46505
Roselawn Memorial Cemetery
37.16873
-80.42394
Shaffer Memorial Cemetery
37.12984
-80.42088
Snider Cemetery
37.2104
-80.50505
Sunset Cemetery
37.12401
-80.40394
Wake Forest Cemetery
37.21512
-80.57811
Westview Cemetery
37.23402
-80.40811
Whitelock Cemetery
37.30401
-80.31699
Historical populated places — 5 of 5
Name
Lat
Lon
Bangs
37.14124
-80.40172
Crockett Spring
37.0943
-80.25282
Forest Hills
37.21513
-80.39088
Goodwins Ferry
37.22124
-80.61089
Montgomery White Sulphur Springs
37.17041
-80.34838
Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.
Civil War battlefields nearby
ABPP
American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.
Battlefield
Study acres
Dist.
Site ID
Cloyd'S Mountain
907
28.3 km
VA049
Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).
Historical markers
HMdb link
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