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Welcome to Montague ...

So far, we found very little information about Montague. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Montague to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Montague, please Contact Us.

Montague would have been located within present day Gilliam County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Montague, you might consider that their post office opened in 1911.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Montague is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Montague was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Montague was located: 541 & 458<4>

Communities Also Named Montague ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 21 communities that are also named Montague - they are located in Alabama, California, Florida, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Prince Edward Island, South Carolina (2), Tennessee (2), Texas, Virginia (2) and Yukon.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Montague.

Communities near Montague ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Montague.

  • Arlington
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Ione
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Olex
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Olex is located in Gilliam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olex
  • Roosevelt
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Clem
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Clem is located in Gilliam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clem
  • Dot
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Dot is located in Klickitat County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dot
  • Emigrant Springs ‑ Historic
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
    • Emigrant Springs is located in Sherman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Emigrant Springs
  • Lexington
    (23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
  • Ajax ‑ Historic
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Ajax is located in Gilliam County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ajax
  • Boardman
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Montague. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Montague.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Montague. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Montague.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Montague. See our Newspapers Page for Montague.

Adding Montague to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Montague in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Montague was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Montague post office opened in 1911. The Montague post office closed in 1915.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Montague.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Montague, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Gilliam, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Montague - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 541 code has been Overlayed with the 458 area code. New phone numbers in the Montague area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Montague area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/