Montgomery (Vermont)

Franklin County

50-45850

Montgomery is a city in the state of Vermont in the United States. It is located on Trout River, a tributary of the Missisquoi River, at the end of a side valley in the Montgomery Heights of the Green Mountains. In the village live according to the census of 2010 1.201 inhabitants. Thus, the development of the population of Montgomery is still clearly rising since about 1980; the place had until 1900 a number of residents of nearly 2,000 people reached, had dropped to 1970 to about 650.

Montgomery was founded in 1780 as one of six locations in the area in order to generate the cost of Vermontschen army, which had been erected to commemorate the War of Independence. Very likely it was named after General Richard Montgomery, who fell in 1775 and had served under one of the founders of the town, Ira Allen.

The town lives primarily on land and agriculture; a small asbestos mine in the mountains was abandoned. Due to its location in the valley of a water-rich Central mountain range run through the townscape some small tributaries of the Trout River, which are crossed by covered bridges. These bridges are indeed typical of the area, but with six surviving bridges from the period 1863-1890, which dominate the cityscape, Montgomery remains a popular attraction for tourists. In addition, the settlement situated on the edge of a nature reserve, which makes the surrounding mountains to a destination.

In the village a Methodist and a Roman Catholic church are located. There will also be located in a primary school.

Nearby places are Enosburgh ( approximately 15 km to the west), where the Trout River empties, Jay ( about 15 km north-east ) and Richford on the border with Canada, approximately 15 km to the northwest.

Pictures

Comstock Covered Bridge over the Trout River built in 1883

Fuller Covered Bridge on the Black Falls Brook Built in 1890

Montgomery House listed on the National Register of Historic Places.