Montrose

Seaport, holiday resort, and former royal burgh in Angus unitary authority, Scotland, 63 km/39 mi southwest of Aberdeen; population (2001) 11,800. The local economy is dependent on fruit- and vegetable-canning, the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and linen textiles, and timber-related occupations. The town is also the venue of a major livestock market.

Montrose stands at the mouth of the River South Esk where it forms the Montrose Basin, a tidal pool covering about 3 sq km/1 sq mi. Montrose now incorporates the village of Ferryden on the right bank of the South Esk, which has developed into a large industrial estate servicing North Sea oil production.

Montrose

City and seat of Montrose County, western Colorado, on the Uncompahgre River, 89 km/55 mi southeast of Grand Junction; population (2000)12,300.

Montrose started in the 1880s as a lumbering and mining community. It is now a market and processing centre for an irrigated agricultural region. The Ute Indian Museum is situated 6 km/4 mi south, and the city also serves as a tourist base for the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, 8 km/5 mi north, and for the Curecanti National Recreation Area and Uncompahgre and Gunnison national forests, which lie some 24 km/15 mi to the east.

Montrose

Residential and commercial section of Houston, Texas. Montrose is situated just west of the city centre and east of River Oaks, along the southern bank of the Buffalo Bayou.

An affluent suburb built in the 1910s, Montrose is now Houston's most bohemian district, with ongoing restoration of its original housing stock, a profusion of small shops, and a substantial community of artists and gays.