Montgomery County, Iowa

 

Founding: 1853 (declared in 1851)
Parent county: Pottawattamie

Namesake: Richard Montgomery, Continental Army general
Seat: Frankfort (1854–1865); Red Oak (1865–)

Land area: 424 square miles

Population (2020): 10,330

Population (historic): 1,256 (1860); 15,895 (1880); 17,803 (1900); 16,752 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1880; 1890s; 1910s; 1970s

Subdivisions: Six cities; 12 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 2,224 (42.5%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 54%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 1.7%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.2%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,545
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,427
Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 1,650
Average farm size (1920): 145.6 acres
Sources of settlement: Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, Sweden, Pennsylvania, and New York
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Red Oak

Namesake: Red Oak Creek

Founding: 1857 (platting); 1858 (post office); 1869 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 5,596

Population (historic): 1,315 (1870); 3,321 (1890); 4,830 (1910); 5,778 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1857–1880; 1890–1930; 1940s; 1970s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,006 (35.2%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. Gustaf Anderson Farm (1924). 1351 210th Road. Garfield. Eclectic.
2. Benjamin Runnels House (1882). 210th Road, west of Hawthorne. Garfield. Second Empire. Razed.
3. William Ellis Farm (c. 1900). 1134 I Road. Sherman. Queen Anne.
4. Wayne Stennett House (c. 1865). 1489 J Road. Sherman.

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