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

National Register listings: 20

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.