Montrose is a borough and the county seat of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. The land is elevated approximately 1,400 feet above sea level. It is the Susquehanna County seat. Montrose was laid out in 1812 in an area of Pennsylvania historically associated with the Indigenous Susquehannock people. The first non-Indigenous settler i…
Montrose is a borough and the county seat of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. The land is elevated approximately 1,400 feet above sea level. It is the Susquehanna County seat. Montrose was laid out in 1812 in an area of Pennsylvania historically associated with the Indigenous Susquehannock people. The first non-Indigenous settler in 1800 was a Revolutionary War officer, Captain Bartlett Hinds, who traveled from Long Island, NY with his stepson, Isaac Post. Upon seeing the area's natural beauty and potential, he returned to NY to bring his family to Pennsylvania. Among other settlers were the descendants of Sir Peter Warren, Knight Vice Admiral on England's Royal Fleet. Upon retirement, he was given the land by grateful American soldiers.