About

Montgomery was incorporated as a borough by the Pennsylvania General Assembly on March 27, 1887 from part of Clinton Township. The history of the settlement of Montgomery begins in 1783 when John Lawson established a homestead there. Nicholas Shaffer built a gristmill in Montgomery in 1795. A sawmill and a wool carding mill were other early industries found on Black Hole Creek which flows through Montgomery.

P. M. Barber was the first person to come to Montgomery and establish an industry that achieved any sustainable success. He opened a distillery in 1859 and later a planing mill in 1869 on the site of the distillery. Barber with his partners, A.B. Henderson, Jesse Rank, and Nathan Fowler had so much success that they laid out a town around their mill in 1870. The town was further expanded by the success of Montgomery Machine Shops which starting in 1873, under the supervision of Levi Houston, built woodworking machinery that was sold to clients throughout the United States and Canada and as far away as Australia.

Montgomery was previously known as Black Hole for the creek that flows through it and the post office established in 1836 bearing that name and it was also known as Clinton Mills, again named for the post office. The name Montgomery stems from another name for the same post office, Montgomery Station.

Interesting facts about the Borough of Montgomery:

Taken from the 2014 census:

The following are Montgomery Borough’s Real Estate Tax Millage for 2023:

• Tax Rate for General Purposes – 6.798 mills ( .006798 cents on each $100 of assessed valuation.)
• Tax Rate for Fire Protection – 1.0 mills (.001 cents per $100 of assessed valuation.)
• Tax Rate for Library – .194 mills (.000194 cents per $100 of assessed valuation.)

Under Act 511 taxes, earned income tax is .5%

Rate for Assessed Occupation: 650 mills

Average real estate property taxes – $1,806

*Data provided from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery,_Pennsylvania