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Welcome to Monticello ...

Monticello is located in Pike County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Monticello, you might consider that their post office opened in 1846.

Monticello is 540 feet [165 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Monticello lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Monticello (for example, toward Sanford (GA)), you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Monticello: 334 & 483<3>

Communities Also Named Monticello ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 41 communities that are also named Monticello - they are located in Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Louisiana (3), Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri (3), New Mexico (2), New York (2), North Carolina (3), Ohio (2), Ontario, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward Island, South Carolina, Tennessee (2), Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Monticello ...

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

  • Troy
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Troy is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 18,762 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <4>
  • Clayton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Brundidge
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Clio
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Clio is located in Barbour County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clio
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,268 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Clio <4>
  • Ariton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Ariton is located in Dale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ariton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 736 people
  • Louisville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Louisville is located in Barbour County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Louisville
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 457 people
  • Banks
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Blue Springs
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Blue Springs is located in Barbour County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Springs
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 86 people
  • Pronto
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Pronto is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pronto
  • Linwood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Linwood is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood

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 Monticello. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Monticello.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Monticello. 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 Monticello.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Monticello ...

Looking for more information about Monticello? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Monticello, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Monticello.

Adding Monticello to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Monticello 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 (so far) for Monticello was in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Monticello.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Alabama's counties, including Pike, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Monticello - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 334 code has been Overlayed with the 483 area code. New phone numbers in the Monticello area will be assigned with one of these codes: 334 or 483. As a result, placing a call in the Monticello area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.