Meanings
- A number of counties in the United States:
- One of 67 counties in Alabama. County seat: Montgomery. Named after Lemuel P. Montgomery.
- One of 159 counties in Georgia. County seat: Mount Vernon.
- One of 92 counties in Indiana. County seat: Crawfordsville.
- One of 105 counties in Kansas. County seat: Independence.
- One of 120 counties in Kentucky. County seat: Mount Sterling.
- One of 23 counties in Maryland. County seat: Rockville.
A ban in California starts next month, and similar measures have passed in Washington, D.C., Portland, Oregon; Montgomery County, Maryland; Burlington, Vermont; and Evanston, Illinois, among other places.
2024 June 20, Wayne Parry, “U.S. bans on gasoline-powered leaf blowers grow, as does blowback from landscaping industry”, in AP News, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2024 - One of 82 counties in Mississippi. County seat: Winona.
- One of 114 counties in Missouri. County seat: Montgomery City. Named after Richard Montgomery or Montgomery County, Tennessee.
- One of 100 counties in North Carolina. County seat: Troy.
- One of 67 counties in Pennsylvania. County seat: Norristown.
- One of 95 counties in Tennessee. County seat: Clarksville. Named after John Montgomery.
- One of 254 counties in Texas. County seat: Conroe. Named after Montgomery, Texas.
- One of 95 counties in Virginia. County seat: Christiansburg.
Origin
Named after Richard Montgomery, except where noted.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
Montgomery County. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Montgomery%20County
“Montgomery County.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Montgomery%20County. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Montgomery County,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Montgomery%20County.
Source: Montgomery County on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.