Montegut, Louisiana
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| Country | United States |
| State | Louisiana |
| Parish | Terrebonne |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.52 sq mi (11.70 km2) |
| • Land | 4.21 sq mi (10.90 km2) |
| • Water | 0.31 sq mi (0.80 km2) |
| Elevation | 7 ft (2.1 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,465 |
| • Density | 350/sq mi (134/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 70377[2] |
| Area code | 985 |
| FIPS code | 22-51550 |
Montegut is a census-designated place (CDP) in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 1,540 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Houma–Bayou Cane–Thibodaux metropolitan statistical area. Montegut was the primary filming location for the 2012 film Beasts of the Southern Wild.
History
[edit | edit source]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.[3]
The 1941 WPA guide to Louisiana reported an elevation of 8 feet and population of 200.[4]
Geography
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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
[edit | edit source]| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1,784 | — | |
| 2000 | 1,803 | 1.1% | |
| 2010 | 1,540 | −14.6% | |
| 2020 | 1,465 | −4.9% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[6] 1950[7] 1960[8] 1970[9] 1980[10] 1990[11] 2000[12] 2010[13] | |||
Montegut first appeared as a census designated place the 1990 U.S. census.[11]
| 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
[edit | edit source]Terrebonne Parish School District operates public schools.[15] Montegut Elementary School and Montegut Middle School are in the community.[16]
École Pointe-au-Chien, a public school (non-district) in Pointe-aux-Chenes,[17] has a Montegut postal address, though it is not in the Montegut CDP.[18] It was the former Pointe-aux-Chenes Elementary School, a Terrebonne Parish public school which closed in 2021.[17]
The parish is in the service area of Fletcher Technical Community College.[19] Additionally, a Delgado Community College document stated that Terrebonne Parish was in the college's service area.[20]
In popular culture
[edit | edit source]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.[21] The film was nominated for four Academy Awards.
Notable people
[edit | edit source]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.[22]
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 Archived 2010-06-26 at the Wayback Machine." Terrebonne Parish School District. Retrieved on July 27, 2010.
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- ^ "[1]." Retrieved on February 6, 2013.
- ^ Laurence Kestenbaum. https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/TB-buried.html Retrieved March 23, 2023
External links
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- Montegut's daily newspaper -- Houmatoday.com
- Pitre history in Montegut <--Broken link May 2015.
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