Montgomery County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 38,124. The county seat is Crawfordsville. The county is divided into eleven townships which provide local services. Montgomery County comprises the Crawfordsville, IN Micropolitan Statistical Area. History Early history and settlement The earliest known inhabitants of the area that would become Montgomery County were the Mound Builders, Native Americans who built large earthen mounds, two of which were assumed to have been constructed in southeastern Franklin Township. However, research in the 1990s determined that those mounds were probably natural rather than human-made formations. Subsequent Native American tribes occupied the area until as late as 1832. The first white settler in the area was William Offield, earlier of Tennessee, who arrived in 1821 with his wife Jennie (née Laughlin) and one child and settled near the confluence of Offield Creek and Sugar Creek,
El condado de Montgomery es un condado en el estado de Indiana de los Estados Unidos. A partir del censo de 2010 de los Estados Unidos, la población era de 38,124. La sede del condado es Crawfordsville. El condado está dividido en once municipios que proporcionan servicios locales. El condado de Montgomery comprende el Crawfordsville, IN Micropolitan Statistical Area. Historia Historia Historia temprana y asentamiento Los primeros habitantes conocidos de la zona que se convertiría en el condado de Montgomery fueron los constructores del monte, nativos estadounidenses que construyeron grandes montañas de tierra, dos de las cuales se suponía que se habían construido en el sureste de Franklin Township. Sin embargo, la investigación en los años 1990 determinó que esas montañas eran probablemente naturales en lugar de formaciones hechas por el hombre. Las tribus nativas americanas posteriores ocuparon la zona hasta finales de 1832. El primer asentamiento blanco en la zona fue William Offield, antes de Tennessee, quien llegó en 1821 con su esposa Jugarie (La