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Montague is a city in
Siskiyou County, California Siskiyou County ( ) is a county (United States), county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 44,076. Its county seat is Yreka, California, Yre ...
, United States. Its population is 1,226 as of the 2020 census, down from 1,443 from the 2010 census.


Name

When the
Southern Pacific Railroad The Southern Pacific (or Espee from the railroad initials) was an American Railroad classes#Class I, Class I Rail transport, railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1996 and operated largely in the Western United States. The system was oper ...
extension was built from Dunsmuir, California to the state line in 1886–87, the station was named for S.S. Montague, chief engineer of the
Central Pacific Railroad The Central Pacific Railroad (CPRR) was a rail company chartered by U.S. Congress in 1862 to build a railroad eastwards from Sacramento, California, to complete most of the western part of the "First transcontinental railroad" in North Americ ...
.


Geography

Montague is located at (41.727168, -122.526468). According to the
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, the city has a total area of 1.8 square miles (4.6 km), 99.15% of it land and 0.85% of it water. Located 6 miles east of
Interstate 5 Interstate 5 (I-5) is the main north–south Interstate Highway System, Interstate Highway on the West Coast of the United States, running largely parallel to the Pacific coast of the contiguous U.S. from Mexico to Canada. It travels thro ...
at Yreka along California State Route 3, this is also the site of the interchange between the
Yreka Western Railroad The Yreka Western Railroad Company was a shortline railroad that operated freight train, freight trains and passenger excursions between the Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad, Central Oregon & Pacific interchange at Montague, CA, Montague and ...
and the Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad.
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is served at Montague Airport, which also serves Yreka.


Climate

Montague has a Mediterranean climate closely bordering on a steppe climate, very unusual for its location west of the Cascade Crest. Montague and the Shasta Valley are located in a rain shadow created by the
Klamath Mountains The Klamath Mountains are a rugged and lightly populated mountain range in northwestern California and southwestern Oregon in the western United States. As a mountain system within both the greater Pacific Coast Ranges and the California Coast R ...
, giving the area a climate and vegetation type more similar to points east of the Cascades, with average annual precipitation similar to
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. Rainfall is nonexistent in summer, except for the very occasional thunderstorm. The area experiences cool to cold winters with somewhat frequent snowfall, and hot summers with large diurnal temperature variation and nearly constant sunshine.


Demographics


2020

The 2020 United States census reported that Montague had a population of 1,226. The population density was . The racial makeup of Montague was 1,002 (81.7%)
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, 8 (0.7%)
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, 50 (4.1%) Native American, 4 (0.3%) Asian, 0 (0.0%)
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, 23 (1.9%) from other races, and 139 (11.3%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 135 persons (11.0%). The census reported that 1,212 people (98.9% of the population) lived in households, 14 (1.1%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized. There were 518 households, out of which 168 (32.4%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 215 (41.5%) were married-couple households, 53 (10.2%) were
cohabiting Cohabitation is an arrangement where people who are not legally married live together as a couple. They are often involved in a romantic or sexually intimate relationship on a long-term or permanent basis. Such arrangements have become incr ...
couple households, 166 (32.0%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 84 (16.2%) had a male householder with no partner present. 141 households (27.2%) were one person, and 80 (15.4%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.34. There were 337
families Family (from ) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictability, structure, and safety as ...
(65.1% of all households). The age distribution was 251 people (20.5%) under the age of 18, 104 people (8.5%) aged 18 to 24, 290 people (23.7%) aged 25 to 44, 324 people (26.4%) aged 45 to 64, and 257 people (21.0%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 41.6years. For every 100 females, there were 90.7 males. There were 569 housing units at an average density of , of which 518 (91.0%) were occupied. Of these, 345 (66.6%) were owner-occupied, and 173 (33.4%) were occupied by renters. In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that the median household income was $55,096, and the
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was $23,842. About 24.5% of families and 25.8% of the population were below the poverty line.


2010

At the 2010 census Montague had a population of 1,443. The population density was . The racial makeup of Montague was 1,251 (86.7%) White, 4 (0.3%) African American, 67 (4.6%) Native American, 8 (0.6%) Asian, 1 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 17 (1.2%) from other races, and 95 (6.6%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 107 people (7.4%). The census reported that 1,425 people (98.8% of the population) lived in households, 18 (1.2%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized. There were 576 households, 198 (34.4%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 255 (44.3%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 86 (14.9%) had a female householder with no husband present, 31 (5.4%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 64 (11.1%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 1 (0.2%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 159 households (27.6%) were one person and 49 (8.5%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.47. There were 372 families (64.6% of households); the average family size was 2.95. The age distribution was 368 people (25.5%) under the age of 18, 119 people (8.2%) aged 18 to 24, 382 people (26.5%) aged 25 to 44, 390 people (27.0%) aged 45 to 64, and 184 people (12.8%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 37.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.2 males. There were 633 housing units at an average density of 353.0 per square mile, of the occupied units 371 (64.4%) were owner-occupied and 205 (35.6%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.4%; the rental vacancy rate was 10.4%. 886 people (61.4% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 539 people (37.4%) lived in rental housing units.


Government

In the
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, Montague is in , and . In the
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, Montague is in .


Education

Montague is home of the Big Springs Union Elementary School District.


References


External links

* {{authority control Cities in Siskiyou County, California Incorporated cities and towns in California