unincorporated community
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and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, suc ...
Montana
Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columb ...
. The population was 319 at the time of the 2010 census.
The post office opened in 1896.
Geography
St. Regis is located at (47.299477, −115.100277), at the confluence of the St. Regis River and the Clark Fork. It is on
Montana Highway 135
Montana Highway 135 (MT 135) is a state highway in western Montana. It begins at Interstate 90 (I-90) in St. Regis and ends at MT 200 near Paradise. The highway runs along the bank of the Clark Fork River and through Lolo National Fo ...
Interstate 90
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runs along the southern edge of the community, with access from Exit 33. I-90 leads southeast to
Missoula
Missoula ( ; fla, label=Salish language, Séliš, Nłʔay, lit=Place of the Small Bull Trout, script=Latn; kut, Tuhuⱡnana, script=Latn) is a city in the U.S. state of Montana; it is the county seat of Missoula County, Montana, Missoula Cou ...
and west to
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Coeur d'Alene ( ; french: Cœur d'Alène, lit=Heart of an Awl ) is a city and the county seat of Kootenai County, Idaho, United States. It is the largest city in North Idaho and the principal city of the Coeur d'Alene Metropolitan Statistica ...
.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the St. Regis CDP has a total area of , of which , or 2.65%, are water.
Climate
This
climatic
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region is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters. According to the
Köppen Climate Classification
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system, St. Regis has a
humid continental climate
A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freez ...
, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps.
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2010, there were 319 people, 135 households, and 73 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 161 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 95.87%
White
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Hispanic
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The term commonly applies to countries with a cultural and historical link to Spain and to viceroyalties for ...
or Latino of any race were 2.54% of the population.
There were 135 households, out of which 25.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.5% were
married couples
Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between ...
living together, 9.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.2% were non-families. 38.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 3.09.
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 27.3% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 26.3% from 25 to 44, 25.1% from 45 to 64, and 13.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 107.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.3 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $23,750, and the median income for a family was $27,750. Males had a median income of $29,250 versus $14,844 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the CDP was $14,137. About 18.2% of families and 21.0% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 27.3% of those under age 18 and 15.2% of those age 65 or over.
Education
St. Regis School District educates students from kindergarten through 12th grade. Saint Regis High School's team name is the Tigers.
A branch of the Mineral County Public Library is in St. Regis.
Media
* K29ID-D, Channel 29, licensed from Weeksville
* K34PQ-D, Channel 34, licensed from Plains
Some of the strongest AM radio stations in St. Regis include:
*
KERR
Kerr may refer to:
People
*Kerr (surname)
*Kerr (given name) Places
;United States
*Kerr Township, Champaign County, Illinois
*Kerr, Montana, A US census-designated place
*Kerr, Ohio, an unincorporated community
*Kerr County, Texas
Other uses
...
, 750 AM, licensed from Polson
* KJJR, 880 AM, licensed from Whitefish
Some of the strongest FM radio stations in St. Regis include:
* 87.7 FM/channel 6, ION (KSRM-LD), licensed to St. Regis
* KPLG, 91.5 FM, licensed from
Plains
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In ...
* KSRM-LP, 99.1, licensed to St. Regis (only local radio station)
* KENR-FM, 107.5, licensed from
Superior
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*Superior (hierarchy), something which is higher in a hierarchical structure of any kind
Places
*Superior (proposed U.S. state), an unsuccessful proposal for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to form a separate state
*Lake ...