Montegut, Louisiana
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History
Montegut developed around a sugar mill founded in 1883. Named by Congressman Edward James Gay when the post office was opened in 1885, it honored Gabriel Montegut, a prominent resident of parish seat Houma.[1]
The 1941 WPA guide to Louisiana reported an elevation of 8 feet and population of 200.[2]
Geography
Montegut is located at Script error: No such module "Coordinates". (29.473700, -90.555381).[3]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4.5 square miles (11.8 km2), of which 4.5 square miles (11.6 km2) is land and 0.1 square mile (0.2 km2) (1.54%) is water.
Demographics
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| 1990 | 1,784 | — | |
| 2000 | 1,803 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 2010 | 1,540 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 2020 | 1,465 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[4] 1950[5] 1960[6] 1970[7] 1980[8] 1990[9] 2000[10] 2010[11] | |||
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Montegut first appeared as a census designated place the 1990 U.S. census.[9]
| Race | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| White (non-Hispanic) | 1,093 | 74.61% |
| Black or African American (non-Hispanic) | 27 | 1.84% |
| Native American | 176 | 12.01% |
| Asian | 5 | 0.34% |
| Pacific Islander | 1 | 0.14% |
| Other/Mixed | 131 | 8.94% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 31 | 2.12% |
As of the 2020 United States census, there were 1,465 people, 594 households, and 443 families residing in the CDP.
Education
Terrebonne Parish School District operates public schools.[13] Montegut Elementary School and Montegut Middle School are in the community.[14]
École Pointe-au-Chien, a public school (non-district) in Pointe-aux-Chenes,[15] has a Montegut postal address, though it is not in the Montegut CDP.[16] It was the former Pointe-aux-Chenes Elementary School, a Terrebonne Parish public school which closed in 2021.[15]
The parish is in the service area of Fletcher Technical Community College.[17] Additionally, a Delgado Community College document stated that Terrebonne Parish was in the college's service area.[18]
In popular culture
The 2012 film Beasts of the Southern Wild was filmed in Montegut. Director Benh Zeitlin and his crew worked out of an abandoned gas station in town. They built the film's fictional settlement—the "Bathtub"—by hand with found artifacts and rusted-out equipment from the surrounding area.[19] The film was nominated for four Academy Awards.
Notable people
Allen J. Ellender, a Senator from Louisiana from 1937 to 1972, and the President pro Tempore of the U.S. Senate from 1971 to 1972, was born here.[20]
References
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- ↑ Cenac, Christopher Everette. Hard Scrabble to Hallelujah, Volume 1: Bayou Terrebonne: Legacies of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana (2016)
- ↑ Louisiana; a guide to the state, p. 421 (1941)
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- ↑ "Montegut Elementary Template:Webarchive." Terrebonne Parish School District. Retrieved on July 27, 2010.
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- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". - Compare to the map of the Montegut CDP from the 2020 US Census. The City of Houston stated: "The U.S. Postal Service establishes ZIP codes and mailing addresses in order to maximize the efficiency of their system, not to recognize jurisdictional boundaries."
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- ↑ "[1]." Retrieved on February 6, 2013.
- ↑ Laurence Kestenbaum. https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/TB-buried.html Retrieved March 23, 2023
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External links
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- Montegut's daily newspaper -- Houmatoday.com
- Pitre history in Montegut <--Broken link May 2015.
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