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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Montgomery, Alabama
| official_name      = City of Montgomery
| settlement_type    = [[List of capitals in the United States|State capital city]]
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  | image1             = Aerial view of Montgomery, Alabama LCCN2011646683.jpg
  | caption1           = Montgomery along the [[Alabama River]]
  | image2             = Alabama State Capitol, Montgomery, South view 20160713 1.jpg
  | caption2           = [[Alabama State Capitol]]
  | image3             = Dexter Avenue Baptist.jpg
  | caption3           = [[Dexter Avenue Baptist Church]]
  | image4             = First_White_House_of_the_Confederacy,_Montgomery,_North_view_20160713_1.jpg
  | caption4           = [[First White House of the Confederacy]]
  | image5             = Alabama_World_War_Memorial,_part_of_the_Alabama_Archives_and_History_Museum,_Montgomery,_Alabama_LCCN2010637591.tif
  | caption5           = [[Alabama Department of Archives and History|Archives and History Museum]]
  | image6             = Commerce St, Downtown Montgomery 20160713 1.jpg
  | caption6           = Commerce Street, downtown
  | image7             = Federal Building and US Court House, Montgomery 20160713 1.jpg
  | caption7           = [[Frank M. Johnson Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse|Frank M. Johnson Jr. Federal Building]]
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| image_flag         = Flag of Montgomery, Alabama.svg
| flag_size          = 100px
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| nickname           = "The Gump", "Birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement”, "Cradle of the Confederacy"
| motto              = "Capital of Dreams"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.montgomeryal.gov/index.aspx?page=1336 |title=City of Montgomery : Capital of Dreams Video |publisher=Montgomeryal.gov |access-date=August 11, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625182129/http://montgomeryal.gov/index.aspx?page=1336 |archive-date=June 25, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
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| map_caption        = Interactive map of Montgomery
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| coordinates        = {{coord|32|21|42|N|86|16|45|W|region:US-AL|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = {{flag|United States}}
| subdivision_type1  = State
| subdivision_name1  = {{flag|Alabama}}
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Alabama|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Montgomery County, Alabama|Montgomery]]
| established_title  = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date   = {{start date and age|1819|12|3}}<ref name="al-legislative-incorporation-1819">[http://www.legislature.state.al.us/misc/history/acts_and_journals/Acts_Oct_Dec_1819/Page12_pg101-110.html An act to incorporate the town of Montgomery in the county of Montgomery. ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021129171155/http://www.legislature.state.al.us/misc/history/acts_and_journals/Acts_Oct_Dec_1819/Page12_pg101-110.html |date=November 29, 2002 }} Approved December 3, 1819.  Alabama Legislative Acts. Annual Session, Oct – Dec 1819.  Pages 110-112.  Access Date: January 5, 2014.</ref>
| named_for          = [[Richard Montgomery]]
| government_type    = [[Mayor–council government|Mayor–Council]]
| leader_party       = [[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]
| leader_title       = [[List of mayors of Montgomery, Alabama|Mayor]]
| leader_name        = [[Steven Reed (mayor)|Steven Reed]]
| leader_title2      = [[City council|Council]]
| leader_name2       = Montgomery City Council
<!-- Area    ------------------>
| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_01.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 29, 2021}}</ref>
| area_total_sq_mi   = 162.27
| area_total_km2     = 420.28
| area_land_sq_mi    = 159.86
| area_land_km2      = 414.03
| area_water_sq_mi   = 2.41
| area_water_km2     = 6.25
| elevation_m        = 73
| elevation_ft       = 240
<!-- Population   ----------------------->
| population_total   = 200603
| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = <ref name=quickfacts/>
| population_rank    = [[List of United States cities by population|119th]] in the United States<br>[[List of municipalities in Alabama|3rd]] in Alabama
| population_density_sq_mi = 1254.89
| population_density_km2 = 484.52
| population_urban   = 254,348 ([[List of United States urban areas|US: 159th]])<ref name="urban area">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/geography/guidance/geo-areas/urban-rural.html|title=List of 2020 Census Urban Areas|website=census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 7, 2023}}</ref>
| population_density_urban_sq_mi = 1,752.9
| population_metro_footnotes = <ref name="2020Pop">{{cite web |title=2020 Population and Housing State Data |url=https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/2020-population-and-housing-state-data.html |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=October 26, 2021}}</ref>
| population_metro   = 386047 ([[List of metropolitan statistical areas|US: 141st]])
| timezone           = [[Central Time Zone|CST]]
| utc_offset         = −6
| timezone_DST       = [[Central Daylight Time|CDT]]
| utc_offset_DST     = −5
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code]]s
| postal_code        = 36013, 36043, 36064, 36104, 36105, 36106, 36107, 36108, 36109, 36110, 36111, 36112, 36113, 36115, 36116, 36117
| area_code_type     = [[North American Numbering Plan|Area code]]
| area_code          = [[Area code 334|334]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 01-51000
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:165344 165344]
| website            = {{url|montgomeryal.gov}}
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| elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Geographic Names Information System |url=https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/gaz-record/165344 |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=edits.nationalmap.gov}}</ref>{{Use American English|date=January 2019}}
}}

'''Montgomery''' is the [[Capital (political)|capital]] [[city]] of the [[state]] of [[Alabama]] in the [[United States]]. It is on the Alabama River. In 2020, 200,603 people lived there, making it the third-most populated city in Alabama after [[Huntsville, Alabama]], which had 215,006, and [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]] which had 200,733.<ref name=quickfacts>{{cite web|title=U.S. Census Burea QuickFacts: Birmingham city, Alabama; Huntsville city, Alabama; Mobile city, Alabama; Montgomery city, Alabama|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/birminghamcityalabama,huntsvillecityalabama,mobilecityalabama,montgomerycityalabama/POP010220|access-date=September 4, 2023}}</ref>

== History ==
Montgomery was started on December 3, 1819 by merging New Philadelphia and East Alabama Town.<ref name="EoA Gump County">{{citation|last=Lewis|first=Herbert J.|title=Encyclopedia of Alabama|date=August 31, 2007|url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1336|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100621200520/http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1336|contribution=Montgomery County|archive-date=2010-06-21|accessdate=2009-01-31|url-status=dead}}</ref> The city became a county seat in 1822. On January 28, 1846, the state capital was moved from  [[Tuscaloosa, Alabama|Tuscaloosa]] to Montgomery.<ref name="EoA Montgomery">{{citation|last=Neeley|first=Mary Ann Oglesby|title=Encyclopedia of Alabama|date=November 6, 2008|url=http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1833|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123152954/http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1833|contribution=Montgomery|archive-date=2015-01-23|accessdate=2009-05-02|url-status=dead}}</ref> For a few months in 1861 Montgomery was the capital of the [[Confederate States of America]].

== Notable natives and residents ==
* [[Nat King Cole]], jazz pianist & singer
* [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]], civil rights advocate
* [[Bart Starr]], [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]]r
* [[Rosa Parks]]

== References ==
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== Other websites ==
{{commonscat|Montgomery, Alabama}}
* [https://en.m.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Montgomery Montgomery] -Wikivoyage
* [http://www.montgomeryal.gov/ City of Montgomery, Alabama]

{{Montgomery County, Alabama}}
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{{Alabama towns}}
{{Alabama county seats}}
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