Editing Montz, Louisiana

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{{Infobox settlement
| name                     = Montz
| native_name              = 
| other_name               = 
| settlement_type          = [[Census-designated place]]
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| subdivision_type         = Country
| subdivision_name         = United States
| subdivision_type1        = State
| subdivision_name1        = Louisiana
| subdivision_type2        = Parish
| subdivision_name2        = [[St. Charles Parish, Louisiana|St. Charles]]
| subdivision_type3        = 
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| pushpin_map              = Louisiana
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| pushpin_map_caption      = Location of Montz in Louisiana
| coordinates              = {{coord|30|01|07|N|90|27|02|W|display=inline,title}}
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| area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_22.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=March 20, 2022}}</ref>
| dunam_link               = 
| area_total_km2           = 7.29
| area_total_sq_mi         = 2.82
| area_land_sq_mi          = 2.16
| area_water_sq_mi         = 0.66
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| elevation_ft             = 10
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| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes     = 
| population_total         = 2106
| population_density_km2   = 376.46
| population_density_sq_mi = 975.00
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| timezone1                = [[North American Central Time Zone|CST]]
| utc_offset1              = -6
| timezone1_DST            = [[North American Central Time Zone|CDT]]
| utc_offset1_DST          = -5
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| area_code                = [[Area code 985|985]]
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|blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
|blank_info = 22-51795
|blank1_name             = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info             = 2403304<ref name=GNIS>{{Cite gnis|2403304|Montz Census Designated Place}}</ref>
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|area_land_km2 = 5.59
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'''Montz''' is a [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[St. Charles Parish, Louisiana|St. Charles Parish]], [[Louisiana]], United States. It first appeared in the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]] with a population of 1,120. The [[2020 United States census|2020 census]] indicates a population of 2,106.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2020 Race and Population Totals|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Montz%20CDP,%20Louisiana%20population&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1|access-date=2021-10-25|website=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:ONE OF 36 FAMILIES OF MONTZ, WHOSE HOMES WERE APPROPRIATED BY THE U.S. CORPS OF ENGINEERS. THE MISSISSIPPI LEVEE... - NARA - 548287.jpg|left|thumb|150px|One of 36 families in Montz whose houses were appropriated by the [[U.S. Army Corps of Engineers]] in 1973 for construction of a new [[levee]].]]

The [[Bonnet Carré Crevasse]] occurred in and near the present-day location of Montz. It was one of several levee breaches in the Bonnet Carré area in the mid-to-late-1800s.<ref name=":1">{{cite journal |url=http://web.mst.edu/~rogersda/levees/History%20New%20Orleans%20Flood%20Control-Rogers.pdf |title=Development of the New Orleans Flood Protection System prior to Hurricane Katrina |last=Rogers |first=J.D. |date=May 2008 |journal=Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering |volume=134 |issue=5 |pages=602–617 |doi=10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2008)134:5(602) |access-date=25 October 2015}}</ref> Bonnet Carré was approximately 50 kilometers from [[New Orleans|New Orleans, Louisiana]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=http://oldnews.aadl.org/node/288071 |title=The Bonnet Carre Crevasse |date=19 May 1871 |access-date=25 October 2015 |website=Old News. |publisher=Ann Arbor District Library}}</ref> The breach occurred when excess water from the [[Mississippi River]] flowed over the east bank levee of Bonnet Carré.

Montz is located between [[LaPlace, Louisiana]] and the [[Bonnet Carré Spillway]]. It was separated from the other municipalities and communities on the east bank of the Mississippi River in St. Charles Parish by the construction of the spillway, which was completed in 1931.

On [[Tornado outbreak of December 12–15, 2022|December 14, 2022]], the town was hit by a destructive and deadly EF2 tornado that damaged or destroyed numerous structures, killed one person, and injured eight others.<ref name="1214LIX">{{cite web|agency=National Weather Service in New Orleans, Louisiana|title=NWS Damage Survey for 12/14/22 Tornado Event Update # 3|url=https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=PNSLIX&e=202212162217|publisher=Iowa Environmental Mesonet|date=December 16, 2022|accessdate=December 16, 2022}}</ref>

==Geography==
Montz is located at {{Coord|30|1|7|N|90|27|2|W|type:city}} (30.018513, -90.450683).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=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 {{convert|3.5|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|2.8|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.7|sqmi|km2}} (19.66%) is water.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2000= 1120
|2010= 1918
|2020= 2106
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decade|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br> 2000<ref name=2000CensusP008/> 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2/> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Montz CDP, Louisiana – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP008>{{Cite web|title=P004 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Montz CDP, Louisiana|url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALSF12000.P004?q=p004&g=160XX00US2251795|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Montz CDP, Louisiana|url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US2251795&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Montz CDP, Louisiana|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US2251795&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|896
|1,511
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,564
|80.00%
|78.78%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |74.26%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|199
|309
|style='background: #ffffe6; |310
|17.77%
|16.11%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |14.72%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|2
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |14
|0.18%
|0.05%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.66%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|5
|11
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9
|0.45%
|0.57%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.43%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Some Other Race]] alone (NH)
|2
|2
|style='background: #ffffe6; |16
|0.18%
|0.10%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.76%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race or Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|5
|10
|style='background: #ffffe6; |75
|0.45%
|0.52%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.56%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|11
|74
|style='background: #ffffe6; |118
|0.98%
|3.86%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.60%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''1,120'''
|'''1,918'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''2,106'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

In 2020, its population was 2,106, up from 1,918 at the [[2010 United States census|2010 census]]. Among its population in 2020, 74.26% were non-Hispanic white, 14.72% African American, 0.66% Native American, 0.43% Asian, 0.76% other, 3.56% multiracial, and 5.60% Hispanic or Latino of any race.

==Education==
[[St. Charles Parish Public School System]] operates public schools, including:
* [[Destrehan High School]] in [[Destrehan, Louisiana|Destrehan]]<ref>"[http://www.advanc-ed.org/oasis2/u/par/accreditation/summary/pdf;jsessionid=449D1177D21600830A086D4AB488AE5E?institutionId=6639 Destrehan High School]" ([https://archive.today/20161203034929/http://www.advanc-ed.org/oasis2/u/par/accreditation/summary/pdf;jsessionid=449D1177D21600830A086D4AB488AE5E?institutionId=6639 Archive]). [[AdvancED]]. p. 4. Retrieved on December 3, 2016. "The school pulls from the five communities which make up the East Bank of St. Charles Parish: Destrehan, Montz, New Sarpy, Norco, and St. Rose."</ref>

==References==
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{{St. Charles Parish, Louisiana}}

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Louisiana]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in the New Orleans metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Louisiana populated places on the Mississippi River]]