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Welcome to Monroe ...The city of Monroe is located in Monroe County<1> and is the County Seat for Monroe County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Monroe, you might consider that their post office opened in 1824. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Monroe has a population of 19,425 people<2> (see below for details). Monroe is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Monroe lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time The area code for Monroe: (734) The ZIP codes for Monroe: 48161-48162<4> Websites for Monroe ...Official Website: www.ci.monroe.mi.us/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Monroe had an population of 19,425 people. This is a decrease of 6.31% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 12.01% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Monroe had a population of 20,733 people (or 13.64% of the total population of Monroe County). This makes Monroe the county's most populous community. The population of Monroe represents 0.21% of the population of Michigan (which has 9,883,640 people), making it the state's 53rd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 20,733 people, the population of Monroe decreased 6.08% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 22,076 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Monroe. Communities Also Named Monroe ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 51 communities that are also named Monroe - they are located in Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida (3), Georgia, Illinois, Indiana (2), Iowa, Kansas (3), Kentucky, Louisiana (2), Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi (2), Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey (3), New York, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina, Ohio (5), Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania (4), South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas (2), Utah, Virginia (3), Washington and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Monroe. Communities near Monroe ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Monroe.
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 Monroe. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Monroe. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Monroe. 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 Monroe. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Monroe. Our list includes 24 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Monroe. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Monroe ...Looking for more information about Monroe? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Monroe, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Monroe. Adding Monroe to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Monroe in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Monroe was on a map titled Road Map for Michigan (from Shell Oil, 1956). We also found Monroe in the book titled .<7> From that list, the Monroe post office opened in 1824. For more details, see References and Mentions for Monroe. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Monroe: www.ci.monroe.mi.us/ The official website for Monroe County: www.co.monroe.mi.us/ The official website for State of Michigan: https://www.michigan.gov/ Footnotes ...
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