Gazetteer/Almanac
Headnote
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, situated in the southerly part of North Carolina, with Yadkin river on the southwest. Area, 500 square miles. Face of the country uneven; soil, near the streams fertile. Seat of justice, Lawrenceville. Pop. in 1810, 8,430; in 1820, 8,693; in 1830, 10,918; in 1840, 10,780; in 1850, 6,872. (Fanning's, 1853)