Montgomery County
Also known as Montgomery County, Arkansas, Montgomery County, AR
county in Arkansas, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Arkansas
- Founded
- December 9, 1842
- Named after
- Richard Montgomery
- Seat
- Mount Ida
- Largest city
- Mount Ida
- Total
- 800 sq mi (2,100 km )
- Land
- 780 sq mi (2,000 km )
- Water
- 20 sq mi (52 km ) 2.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 8,579
- Density
- 11/sq mi (4.2/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
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Montgomery County is a county in the Ouachita Mountains region of the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 8,484. The county seat is Mount Ida. Montgomery County is Arkansas's 45th county, formed on December 9, 1842, and named after Richard Montgomery, an American Revolutionary War general.
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