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Montgomery County has an area of 401 square miles, was formed in 1776 from Fincastle, and was named for General Richard Montgomery, who was killed at Quebec in 1775; the Virginia Polytechnic Institute is in this county. Pulaski County has an area of 333 square miles, was formed in 1839 from Wythe and Montgomery, and was named for Count Casimir Pulaski, who was killed at the siege of Savanna in 1779; the New River flows through this county.
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