Montgomery, Illinois
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| Official name: Village of Montgomery | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | Illinois |
| Counties | Kane, Kendall |
| Townships | Aurora (Kane), Bristol (Kendall), Oswego (Kendall), Sugar Grove (Kane) |
| Elevation | 663 ft (202 m) |
| Coordinates | 41°43′08″N 88°23′32″W / 41.71889°N 88.39222°WCoordinates: 41°43′08″N 88°23′32″W / 41.71889°N 88.39222°W |
| Area | 9.51 sq mi (25 km2) |
| - land | 9.34 sq mi (24 km2) |
| - water | 0.17 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Density | 852.9/sq mi (329/km2) |
| Settled | 1832 |
| Incorporated | February 17, 1858 |
| Village President | Matthew Brolley |
| Timezone | CST (UTC-6) |
| - summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Postal code | 60538 |
| Area code | 630/331 |
 Location in Kane County and the state of Illinois.
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Montgomery is a village in Kane and Kendall counties, Illinois. The population was 5,471 at the 2000 census, while the 2010 census lists Montgomery's population at 18,438. This is a 237 percent increase from 2000, making Montgomery the 9th fastest growing municipality in Illinois during this period.
Montgomery is located at 41°43′08″N 88°23′32″W / 41.71889°N 88.39222°W (41.7188316, -88.3920915).
According to the 2010 census, Montgomery has a total area of 9.512 square miles (24.64 km2), of which 9.34 square miles (24.19 km2) (or 98.19%) is land and 0.172 square miles (0.45 km2) (or 1.81%) is water.
Montgomery is served by five different school districts: West Aurora, East Aurora, Oswego, Yorkville, and Kaneland.
The first European settler arriving in the area was Jacob Carpenter, who came to the Chicago area from Logan County, Ohio in November 1832. In the fall of 1835, Daniel S. Gray, from Montgomery County, New York, visited the area where his brother Nicholas Gray had located in the previous spring, on a farm now within the limits of Kendall County. He made immediate preparations to settle there, and in the fall of 1836, after his family moved from New York state, he built the first wooden house in the area. It was located in the southern part of what is now Montgomery, near the west bank of the Fox River.
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