Editing Montegut, Louisiana

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| name                    = Montegut
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'''Montegut''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana|Terrebonne Parish]], [[Louisiana]], United States. The population was 1,540 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]]. It is part of the [[Houma, Louisiana|Houma]]&ndash;[[Bayou Cane, Louisiana|Bayou Cane]]&ndash;[[Thibodaux, Louisiana|Thibodaux]] [[Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux metropolitan area|metropolitan statistical area]]. Montegut was the primary filming location for the 2012 film ''[[Beasts of the Southern Wild]]''.

==History==
Montegut developed around a sugar mill founded in 1883.  Named by Congressman [[Edward James Gay (1816–1889)|Edward James Gay]] when the post office was opened in 1885, it honored Gabriel Montegut, a prominent resident of [[parish seat]] [[Houma, Louisiana|Houma]].<ref name="terrebook">Cenac, Christopher Everette. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Ha1vDwAAQBAJ Hard Scrabble to Hallelujah, Volume 1: Bayou Terrebonne: Legacies of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana] (2016)</ref>

The 1941 [[American Guide Series|WPA guide]] to Louisiana reported an elevation of 8 feet and population of 200.<ref name="wpa guide">[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b727648&view=1up&seq=505 Louisiana; a guide to the state], p. 421 (1941)</ref>

==Geography==
Montegut is located at {{Coord|29|28|25|N|90|33|19|W|type:city}} (29.473700, -90.555381).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the CDP has a total area of 4.5&nbsp;square miles (11.8&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}), of which 4.5&nbsp;square miles (11.6&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}) is land and 0.1&nbsp;square mile (0.2&nbsp;km{{sup|2}}) (1.54%) is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1990= 1784
|2000= 1803
|2010= 1540
|2020= 1465
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|website=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426102944/http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|archive-date=April 26, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+Montegut racial composition as of 2020<ref>{{Cite web|title=Explore Census Data|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2251550&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|access-date=2021-12-28|website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] (non-Hispanic)
| 1,093
| 74.61%
|-
!scope="row"| [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black or African American]] (non-Hispanic)
| 27
| 1.84%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]
| 176
| 12.01%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]]
| 5
| 0.34%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]]
| 1
| 0.14%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Race (United States Census)|Other/Mixed]]
| 131
| 8.94%
|-
!scope="row"| [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st22_la/schooldistrict_maps/c22109_terrebonne/DC20SD_C22109.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Terrebonne Parish, LA|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-02-17}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st22_la/schooldistrict_maps/c22109_terrebonne/DC20SD_C22109_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> Montegut Elementary School and Montegut Middle School are in the community.<ref>"[http://www.tpsd.org/home/index.php/schools/elementary-schools/5-elementary-schools/63-montegut-elementary- Montegut Elementary] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626005105/http://www.tpsd.org/home/index.php/schools/elementary-schools/5-elementary-schools/63-montegut-elementary- |date=2010-06-26 }}." [[Terrebonne Parish School District]]. Retrieved on July 27, 2010.</ref>

[[École Pointe-au-Chien]], a public school (non-district) in [[Pointe-aux-Chenes, Louisiana|Pointe-aux-Chenes]],<ref name=OlivierinAugust>{{cite web|last=Olivier|first=Jonathan|url=https://www.krvs.org/2023-05-30/in-august-ecole-pointe-au-chien-to-open-kindergarten-first-grade|title= In August, École Pointe-au-Chien to Open Kindergarten, First Grade|publisher=[[KRVS]]|agency=[[Télé-Louisiane]]|date=2023-05-30|access-date=2024-02-15}}</ref> has a Montegut postal address, though it is not in the Montegut CDP.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ecolepointeauchien.org/|title=Home|publisher=École Pointe-au-Chien|access-date=2024-02-15|quote=1558 LA 665, Montegut, Louisiana 70377}} - Compare to [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/DC20BLK/st22_la/place/p2251550_montegut/DC20BLK_P2251550.pdf the map of the Montegut CDP from the 2020 US Census]. [https://web.archive.org/web/19961031170034/http://www.ci.houston.tx.us/annexation/annexation_FAQ.html 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."</ref> It was the former Pointe-aux-Chenes Elementary School, a Terrebonne Parish public school which closed in 2021.<ref name=OlivierinAugust/>

The parish is in the service area of [[Fletcher Technical Community College]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lctcs.edu/our-colleges|title=Our Colleges|publisher=[[Louisiana's Technical and Community Colleges]]|accessdate=2021-06-03}}</ref> Additionally, a [[Delgado Community College]] document stated that Terrebonne Parish was in the college's service area.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dcc.edu/documents/fact-sheet.pdf|title=The Economic Value of Delgado Community College|publisher=[[Delgado Community College]]|access-date=2024-03-09|quote=For the purposes of this analysis, the Delgado Service Area is {{sic|comprised |hide=y|of}} [...] and Terrebonne[...]}}</ref>

==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.<ref>"[https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/10/movies/the-making-of-beasts-of-the-southern-wild.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0]." Retrieved on February 6, 2013.</ref>  The film was nominated for four [[Academy Awards]].

==Notable people==
[[Allen J. Ellender]], a [[United States Senate|Senator]] from Louisiana from 1937 to 1972, and the [[President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate|President pro Tempore of the U.S. Senate]] from 1971 to 1972, was born here.<ref>Laurence Kestenbaum. https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/TB-buried.html Retrieved March 23, 2023</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.houmatoday.com/ Montegut's daily newspaper -- Houmatoday.com]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131126235623/http://pitres.us/pitrehistoryhome.html Pitre history in Montegut] <--''Broken link May 2015''.

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Louisiana]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Houma – Thibodaux metropolitan area]]