Montgomery, Louisiana

Montgomery, Louisiana
Town
Town of Montgomery
U.S. Post Office in Montgomery, Louisiana
U.S. Post Office in Montgomery, Louisiana
Location of Montgomery in Grant Parish, Louisiana.
Location of Montgomery in Grant Parish, Louisiana.
Location of Louisiana in the United States
Location of Louisiana in the United States
Coordinates: 31°39′58″N 92°53′12″W / 31.66611°N 92.88667°W / 31.66611; -92.88667
CountryUnited States
StateLouisiana
ParishGrant
Government
 • MayorLeBaron Delores (R)
 • Alderpersons
List of Alderpersons
  • Carl E. Hale (R)
  • Stephen L. Gunn (I)
  • Von Gilcrease (I)
  • Tom Gongre (R)
  • Releida James (No Party)
  • Sabrina Kuhlmannn (R)
  • Delores Lebaron (R)
[1]
Area
[2]
 • Total2.07 sq mi (5.36 km2)
 • Land2.07 sq mi (5.35 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation
154 ft (47 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total622
 • RankGR: 2nd
 • Density301.06/sq mi (116.23/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
71454
Area code318
FIPS code22-51620

Montgomery is a town in the far northwestern portion of Grant Parish, which is located in north-central Louisiana, United States. The population of Montgomery was 726 at the 2010 census. The town has a poverty rate of 37 percent and a median household income of just under $22,000. The median age is just under forty; the population in 2010 was 78 percent white.[3]

Montgomery is part of the Alexandria Metropolitan Statistical Area though it is forty miles north of Alexandria. Founded in 1712, even before New Orleans, Montgomery is situated on U.S. Route 71, close to the boundary with Natchitoches and Winn parishes. It is located on the eastern bank of the Red River.

Downtown Montgomery facing east
Montgomery High School
The VFW post is named for James D. Boston Jr. (1916–1986), a World War II prisoner of war and later a history teacher at Montgomery High School.
First United Methodist Church in Montgomery
First Baptist Church, 739 Old Jefferson Highway, lost its oldest member in 2013; Ilda Bishop Cardozier, the long-term president of the Women's Missionary Union, died at the age of ninety-eight.[4]
Established in 1904, the Southern Baptist-affiliated Hargis Baptist Church has worshipped in this building since 1978. Located east of Montgomery, Hargis also has a church cemetery; pastor Dr. Marvin Jones (2015).
Northside Baptist Church (founded 1958) now worships in this facility at 330 Bienville Street in Montgomery just off U.S. Highway 71; pastor Kevin Billiot (2011).
  1. ^ "Election Returns: Grant Parish". Louisiana Secretary of State. November 6, 2018. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
  2. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  3. ^ "Get Montgomery, LA Demographics". louisiana-demographics.com. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
  4. ^ "Ilda Bishop Cardozier". The Alexandria Town Talk. Retrieved June 22, 2013.