Montague is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States.

[2] It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts metropolitan statistical area.

Turners Falls was a planned mill community (similar to but less successful than that at Lowell, Massachusetts) that developed when the canal was converted to use for power production rather than transportation in the mid-19th century.

Between 1974 and 1980, the Montague Nuclear Power Plant was proposed for construction in the town.

Musician Tiny Tim suffered a heart attack on stage on September 28, 1996, at what was then the Montague Grange Hall; his health never recovered and he died on November 30, 1996, in Minnesota.

As of the census[20] of 2000, there were 8,489 people, 3,616 households, and 2,169 families residing in the town.

31.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.