Editing Montgomery, Ohio (section)

==History==
Settled in 1795, Montgomery is one of the oldest settlements in Hamilton County. A log cabin was the first tavern of the community; this was a resting place for teamsters and travelers on the main road. In 1802, Nathaniel Terwilliger laid out the town. In 1806 and 1807 a number of people from [[Montgomery (town), New York|Montgomery, New York]], settled around this point for trade and farming, and named the village for their former home.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-hB6AAAAMAAJ&q=cincinnati+the+queen+city+clarke&pg=PA532 | title=Cincinnati, the Queen City, 1788-1912, Volume 2 | publisher=The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company | year=1912 | access-date=2013-05-20 | author=Clarke, S. J. | pages=532}}</ref><ref name="Enquirer Hornbaker">{{cite news|title=Montgomery prepares for its 1995 anniversary|first=Alice|last=Hornbaker|work=[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]]|date=January 21, 1993|edition=East Central|department=Extra|page=2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-enquirer-historic-buildin/90003554/|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

Montgomery incorporated as a village in 1910.<ref name="Enquirer Hornbaker" /> The village became a [[stagecoach|coach stop]] on the [[Cincinnati]]–[[Zanesville, Ohio|Zanesville]] Road, later known as the [[U.S. Route 22|Montgomery Pike]], with an inn, two taverns, a [[grist mill]] and a [[carding]] mill to process its agricultural products. It remained a small community until the 1960s when it became a [[bedroom community]] for people working in Cincinnati.<ref>[http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=757 "Montgomery, Ohio", Ohio History Central]</ref> In 1971, it was reincorporated as a city.<ref name="Enquirer Hornbaker" /> Originally confined to the [[Sycamore Township, Hamilton County, Ohio|Sycamore Township]] limits, Montgomery began annexing land in neighboring [[Symmes Township, Hamilton County, Ohio|Symmes Township]] in 1973. On January 1, 1986, Montgomery withdrew from Symmes Township by forming a [[paper township]] named '''Montgomery Township'''. On January 1, 1990, Montgomery also withdrew from Sycamore Township by making this paper township coextensive with the city.<ref>{{cite book|title=History of Montgomery, Ohio 1795–1995|editor1-first=Mary Lou|editor1-last=Rose|editor2-first=Juanita|editor2-last=Conklin|location=Montgomery, Ohio|publisher=Montgomery Historical Society|date=1995|page=95|url=https://storage.googleapis.com/proudcity/montgomeryoh/uploads/2020/09/montgomery-history-book.pdf#page=102}}</ref>

During the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Ohio|COVID-19 pandemic]] Montgomery held a "reverse parade", setting up floats in Sycamore High School's parking lot and having residents drive by.<ref>{{Cite web|title=This Reverse Parade Will Allow July Fourth Revelry From A Social Distance|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/06/30/884770859/this-reverse-parade-will-allow-july-fourth-revelry-from-a-social-distance|access-date=2020-07-05|website=NPR.org|language=en}}</ref> The event made international news.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-07-02|title=Why this 4 July will be unlike any other|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53254889|access-date=2020-07-05}}</ref>