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Montgomery, Illinois
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Location of Montgomery in Kendall County, Illinois
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Location of Illinois in the United States
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| Coordinates: 41°43′08″N 88°23′33″W[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| Counties | Kane, Kendall |
| Townships | Aurora (Kane), Bristol (Kendall), Oswego (Kendall), Sugar Grove (Kane) |
| Settled | 1832 |
| Incorporated | February 17, 1858 |
| Government | |
| • Village President | Matthew Brolley[citation needed] |
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| • Total | 9.55 sq mi (24.72 km2) |
| • Land | 9.30 sq mi (24.08 km2) |
| • Water | 0.25 sq mi (0.64 km2) |
| Elevation | 663 ft (202 m) |
| Population
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| • Total | 20,262 |
| • Density | 2,178.94/sq mi (841.32/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Code |
60538
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| Area codes | 630/331 |
| FIPS code | 17-50218 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2399387[1] |
| Wikimedia Commons | Montgomery, Illinois |
| Website | ci |
Montgomery is a village within the Chicago Metropolitan Area of Kane and Kendall counties, Illinois. The village is a suburb/exurb of Chicago located roughly 45 miles (72 km) southwest of the city.[3][4] The population was 20,262 at the 2020 census.[5]
History
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.
Daniel Gray is considered the founder of Montgomery, and bought land grants from the federal government, and had ownership of large tracts of land.
The settlement was called “Graystown” for several years, but eventually Gray convinced other settlers to call the small village “Montgomery” after the New York county where he and several other settlers had origins.