page_title: Montgomery, Minnesota
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Montgomery, Minnesota / History
caption_attribution_description: Mural depicting downtown Montgomery Minnesota in the late 1800s
context_page_description: Montgomery is a city in Le Sueur County, Minnesota, in the United States, 45 miles south of Minneapolis. It was named after Richard Montgomery, an Irish-American soldier who served as a major general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. The population was 2,956 at the 2010 census.
context_section_description: Montgomery as platted in 1877 when the railroad was extended to that point.
caption: Mural depicting downtown Montgomery in the late 1800s, painted by Victor Garcia
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