Montfort

History

Montfort was named from an old fort situated on a nearby hill. The site of the village was first platted and laid out on April 3, 1848, by Ben C. Eastman and Francis J. Dunn, who owned much of the land in this area of the town of Wingville. There were about 125 residents at the time of the plat. It was operated as an unincorporated settlement until it was formally incorporated as a village in 1893. The population remained quite small until the first railroad reached Montfort in 1879. It was struck by a tornado on July 28, 1885, but only one home was destroyed.

Geography

Montfort is located at (42.971399, -90.432937). It is bounded on the west, north, and south, by the town of Wingville, Wisconsin, and is bounded on the east by the town of Highland, Iowa County, Wisconsin. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land. * Town of Wingville (west, north, and south) * Town of Highland (east)

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  369
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  368
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  357
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  353
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  311
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  292
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  249
• American Goldfinch

  Spinus tristis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  242