Details for Town of Montgomery
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5339007916
Data
| Marker Number | 7916 |
| Atlas Number | 5339007916 |
| Marker Title | Town of Montgomery |
| Index Entry | Montgomery |
| Address | 14420 Liberty St. |
| City | Montgomery |
| County | Montgomery |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 240907 |
| UTM Northing | 3365312 |
| Subject Codes | cities and towns; pioneers; county officials |
| Marker Year | 1936 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | Near W entrance of Montgomery Community Building, E side Liberty Street (SH 105) between Clepper Drive and College Street |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 1936 Texas Centennial historical marker (gray granite) |
| Marker Text | Founded in July, 1837 by W. W. Shepherd Incorporated in 1848 Montgomery County was created December 14, 1837 James Mitchell, Pleasant Gray, William Robinson, Elijah Collard Charles Barnett, Joseph L. Bennet Dr. B. B. Goodrich, D. D. Dunham and Henry Fanthrop, Commissioners, Selected Montgomery as the County Seat and it remained as such until 1889 Important trade center before the Civil War Erected by the State of Texas 1936 |