Montegut is a census-designated place (CDP) in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, Montegut had a population of 1,465. 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 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.Cenac, Christopher Everette. Hard Scrabble to Hallelujah, Volume 1: Bayou Terrebonne: Legacies of Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana (2016)
The 1941 WPA guide to Louisiana reported an elevation of 8 feet and population of 200.Louisiana; a guide to the state, p. 421 (1941)
Geography Montegut is located at (29.473700, -90.555381).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4.5 square miles (11.8 km), of which 4.5 square miles (11.6 km) is land and 0.1 square mile (0.2 km) (1.54%) is water.
Demographics
Montegut first appeared as a census designated place the 1990 U.S. census.
+Montegut racial composition as of 2020 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. - Text list Montegut Elementary School and Montegut Middle School are in the community."Montegut Elementary ." Terrebonne Parish School District. Retrieved on July 27, 2010.
École Pointe-au-Chien, a public school (non-district) in Pointe-aux-Chenes, has a Montegut postal address, though it is not in the Montegut CDP. - 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." It was the former Pointe-aux-Chenes Elementary School, a Terrebonne Parish public school which closed in 2021.
The parish is in the service area of Fletcher Technical Community College. Additionally, a Delgado Community College document stated that Terrebonne Parish was in the college's service area.
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."." Retrieved on February 6, 2013. 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.Laurence Kestenbaum. https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/TB-buried.html Retrieved March 23, 2023
References
External links
Montegut's daily newspaper -- Houmatoday.com Pitre history in Montegut