Montgomery County, Mississippi

Montgomery County
County
U.S. Post Office in Winona.
Location within the U.S. state of Mississippi
Mississippi's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 33°30′N 89°37′W / 33.5°N 89.61°W / 33.5; -89.61
Country	United States
State	Mississippi
Founded	1871
Seat	Winona
Largest city	Winona
Area
• Total	408 sq mi (1,060 km2)
• Land	407 sq mi (1,050 km2)
• Water	0.9 sq mi (2 km2)  0.2%
Population  (2020)
• Total	9,822
• Density	24/sq mi (9.3/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district	2nd
Website	www.montgomerycountyms.com

Montgomery County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,822.^[1] Its county seat is Winona.^[2]

The county is said to be named in honor either of Richard Montgomery, an American Revolutionary War general killed in 1775 while attempting to capture Quebec City, Canada, or for Montgomery County, Tennessee, from which an early settler came. In the latter case, it would have been indirectly named after John Montgomery, a settler in Montgomery County, Tennessee, who founded the city of Clarksville, Tennessee, in the same county.

The Big Black River passes through the southern part of the county, flowing southwest to its confluence with the Mississippi River south of Vicksburg.^[3]