Montgomery is a city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. It is an eastern suburb of Cincinnati. The population was 10,853 at the 2020 census.
At a Glance
- County: Hamilton County
- State: Ohio
History of Montgomery
Settled in 1795, Montgomery is one of the oldest settlements in Hamilton County. A log cabin was the first tavern of the community; this was a resting place for teamsters and travelers on the main road. In 1802, Nathaniel Terwilliger laid out the town. In 1806 and 1807 a number of people from Montgomery, New York, settled around this point for trade and farming, and named the village for their former home.
Montgomery incorporated as a village in 1910. The village became a coach stop on the Cincinnati, Zanesville Road, later known as the Montgomery Pike, with an inn, two taverns, a grist mill and a carding mill to process its agricultural products. It remained a small community until the 1960s when it became a bedroom community for people working in Cincinnati. In 1971, it was reincorporated as a city. Originally confined to the Sycamore Township limits, Montgomery began annexing land in neighboring Symmes Township in 1973. On January 1, 1986, Montgomery withdrew from Symmes Township by forming a paper township named Montgomery Township. On January 1, 1990, Montgomery also withdrew from Sycamore Township by making this paper township coextensive with the city.
Text adapted from the Wikipedia article Montgomery, Ohio, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.