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Welcome to Monahans ...The city of Monahans is located in Big Bend Country (West Texas). Monahans is primarily located in Ward County<1> and is the County Seat for Ward County. A portion of Monahans extends into Winkler County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Monahans, you might consider that their post office opened in 1891. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Monahans has a population of 7,800 people<2> (see below for details). The community of Monahans is 2,710 feet [826 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Monahans is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: Monahans lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Monahans lies within the (432) area code. The ZIP code for Monahans: 79756<4> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Monahans had an population of 7,800 people. This is an increase of 12.18% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 14.35% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Monahans had a population of 6,953 people (which is 65.24% of the total population of Ward County). This makes Monahans the county's most populous community. The population of Monahans represents 0.03% of the total population of Texas (which has 25,145,561 people), making it the state's 266th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 6,953 people, the population of Monahans increased 1.94% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 6,821 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Monahans. Communities near Monahans ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Monahans.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Monahans. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Monahans. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Monahans. 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 Monahans. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Monahans. Our list includes 4 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Monahans. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Monahans ...Looking for more information about Monahans? 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 Monahans, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Monahans. Adding Monahans to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Monahans 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 Monahans was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Monahans on a map titled Road Map for Texas (from Shell Oil, 1956). For more details, see References and Mentions for Monahans. Off-the-Road Links ...Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Monahans. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page. The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/ Footnotes ...
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