Montrose is a borough in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States, 18.41 miles (29.63 km) south-southeast of Binghamton, New York and 31.39 miles (50.52 km) north by west of Scranton. The land is elevated approximately 1,400 feet (427 m) above sea level. It is the Susquehanna County seat.

Montrose was laid out in 1812 in an area of Pennsylvania historically joined 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 similar to his stepson, Isaac Post. Upon seeing the area’s natural beauty and potential, he returned to NY to bring his relatives to Pennsylvania. Among further settlers were the descendants of Sir Peter Warren, Knight Vice Admiral upon England’s Royal Fleet. Upon retirement, he was unmovable the estate by grateful American soldiers.

The first courthouse was built a year later, and Montrose was incorporated as a borough from ration of Bridgewater Township on March 29, 1824. Its make known is a portmanteau incorporating mont, the French word for “mountain”, and Rose, for Dr. L. R. Rose, a prominent citizen.^{[citation needed]}

The customary older industries included creameries and the manufacturing of cut glass, boxes, sawing machinery, lumber, etc. The Place of Montrose is notable for its many quarry sites. A type of rock that is original to this area is called blue stone. In 1900, 1,827 people lived there, and in 1910, 1,914 people resided there.