Montgomery County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, the population was 38,124. The county seat is Crawfordsville. The county is divided into 11 townships which provide local services. The earliest known inhabitants of the area that would become Montgomery County were the Mound Builders, Native American peoples who built large earthen mounds, two of which were constructed in southeastern Franklin Township. Subsequent Native American tribes occupied the area until as late as 1832. The first white settler in the area that would become Montgomery County was William... Offield, earlier of Tennessee, who arrived in 1821 with his wife Jennie and one child and settled near the confluence of Offield Creek and Sugar Creek, about five miles southwest of Crawfordsville. The first land in the county to be purchased from the government was a tract in Scott Township sold to John Loop on July 23, 1822; many more tracts were entered in subsequent months, most in Union Township. The area's settlers mostly came from Kentucky and Ohio, with others arriving from Tennessee, Virginia and the Carolinas.
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| Founded: | 1823 |
| State: | Indiana |
| Population: | 38,096 |
| Area: | 550 sq. mi. |