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- Mt. Sterling serves as the county seat of Montgomery County. The current courthouse is the sixth to be located in downtown Mt. Sterling.
- Confederate Gen. John Hunt Morgan captured Mt. Sterling in 1864, and his troops overnight stole $65,000 from Farmers Bank on Main Street. The money has never been found.
- Kentucky’s largest sycamore tree soars 85 feet above the ground and is rooted on the George Donaldson Farm in Montgomery County.
- Montgomery County is home to 35 industries that employ more than 5,000 area residents.
- The Mt. Sterling-Montgomery County Airport Fly-In Breakfast & Air Show has been feeding the stomachs and imaginations of participants since the mid-1960s. The event takes place the last Sunday of August.
