Montgomery County/Pulaski County

Montgomery County/Pulaski County is a Virginia historical marker in Pulaski County, dedicated 1946.

Pulaski County · dedicated 1946 · Rte. 114, at the county line

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Montgomery County Formed in 1776 from Fincastle, and named for General Richard Montgomery, killed at Quebec, 1775. The Virginia Polytechnic Institute is in this county. Pulaski County Formed in 1839 from Wythe and Montgomery, and named for Count Casimir Pulaski, killed at the siege of Savanna, 1779. New River flows through this county.

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