{"id":4136,"date":"2023-06-15T20:37:21","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T20:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=4136"},"modified":"2026-08-18T00:28:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T00:28:36","slug":"montgomery-county-kentucky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/montgomery-county-kentucky\/","title":{"rendered":"Montgomery County, Kentucky"},"content":{"rendered":"

Montgomery County is a county in Kentucky, United States, in the north-central Bluegrass region along Interstate 64. It had a population of 28,114 at the 2020 census and covers 199 square miles (520 km2), centred near 38\u00b002\u2032N 83\u00b055\u2032W.<\/p>\n

Mount Sterling is the county seat, and its postal code is 40353. The county has three incorporated cities and more than a dozen unincorporated communities, and it sits in the Eastern time zone. Montgomery County anchors the Mount Sterling, KY Micropolitan Statistical Area and is also part of the wider Lexington–Fayette–Frankfort–Richmond Combined Statistical Area.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Montgomery County<\/h2>\n

Montgomery County has three incorporated cities — Mount Sterling, Camargo, and Jeffersonville — and a wider set of unincorporated communities and crossroads settlements scattered across its rural townships. Kentucky does not use civil townships as a governing layer, so places below are grouped only by type: incorporated cities carry a legal charter and local government, while the rest are unincorporated place names historically used for post offices, rail stops, or church-and-store crossroads.<\/p>\n

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Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Mount Sterling<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n7,554<\/td>\n40353<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Camargo<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n40353<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jeffersonville<\/td>\nCity<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n40337<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grassy Lick<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n40353<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hope<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n40353<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Howards Mill<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n40353<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Judy<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n40353<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Klondike<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n40353<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Levee<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n40353<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lower Spencer<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n40353<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lucky Stop<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n40353<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Prewitt<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n40353<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reid Village<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n40353<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sideview<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n40353<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stepstone<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n40353<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stoops<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n40353<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Upper Spencer<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n40353<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Ewington, listed on older maps as a small crossroads north of Mount Sterling, has no confirmed present-day population figure or distinct ZIP assignment and is treated here as part of the wider Grassy Lick vicinity rather than a separate entry.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n