Do you know of Monroe ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Monroe. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Monroe.<1>
We found mention of Monroe as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Cook County, Illinois.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.<2>
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1838 and closed in 1850.
Communities Also Named Monroe ...
We found 52 communities that share the name Monroe.
There is one other community in Illinois which is also named Monroe.
Beyond Illinois, we know of another 51 communities that are located throughout in the United States and Canada. Of these 51 communities, 51 are located in the United States and one is in Canada.
- Communities Located In Illinois ...
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Arkansas
- Monroe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Monroe [Monroe County].
- California
- Sonoma County
- Please visit our profile page for the California community of Monroe [Sonoma County].
- Connecticut
- Fairfield County
- Please visit our profile page for the Connecticut community of Monroe [Fairfield County].
- Florida
- Collier County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Monroe [Collier County].
- Hillsborough County
- Please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Monroe [Hillsborough County].
- Orange County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Florida community of Monroe [Orange County].
- Georgia
- Walton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Georgia community of Monroe [Walton County].
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Jasper County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Monroe [Jasper County].
- Kansas
- Atchison County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Monroe [Atchison County].
- Lincoln County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Monroe [Lincoln County].
- Sumner County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Monroe [Sumner County].
- Kentucky
- Hart County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Monroe [Hart County].
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Waldo County
- Please visit our profile page for the Maine community of Monroe [Waldo County].
- Massachusetts
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Monroe [Franklin County].
- Michigan
- Monroe County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Monroe [Monroe County].
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Franklin County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Monroe [Franklin County].
- Perry County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Monroe [Perry County].
- Nebraska
- Platte County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Monroe [Platte County].
- New Hampshire
- Grafton County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Hampshire community of Monroe [Grafton County].
- New Jersey
- Morris County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Monroe [Morris County].
- Salem County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Monroe [Salem County].
- Sussex County
- Please visit our profile page for the New Jersey community of Monroe [Sussex County].
- New York
- Orange County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Monroe [Orange County].
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Please visit our profile page for the Newfoundland and Labrador community of Monroe.
- North Carolina
- Union County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Monroe [Union County].
- Ohio
- Brown County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Monroe [Brown County].
- Butler County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Monroe [Butler County].
- Greene County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Monroe [Greene County].
- Highland County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Monroe [Highland County].
- Jackson County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Monroe [Jackson County].
- Oklahoma
- Le Flore County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Monroe [Le Flore County].
- Oregon
- Benton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oregon community of Monroe [Benton County].
- Pennsylvania
- Bradford County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Monroe [Bradford County].
- Bucks County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Monroe [Bucks County].
- Butler County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Monroe [Butler County].
- Clarion County
- Please visit our profile page for the Pennsylvania community of Monroe [Clarion County].
- South Dakota
- Turner County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Monroe [Turner County].
- Tennessee
- Overton County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Monroe [Overton County].
- Texas
- Utah
- Sevier County
- Please visit our profile page for the Utah community of Monroe [Sevier County].
- Virginia
- Amherst County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Monroe [Amherst County].
- Greene County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<3> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Monroe [Greene County].
- Washington County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Monroe [Washington County].
- Washington
- Snohomish County
- Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Monroe [Snohomish County].
- Wisconsin
- Green County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Monroe [Green County].
- Arkansas
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Monroe ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Monroe:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>
U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers
More Orphans in Cook County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Cook County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others. |
| <2> | Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices. |
| <3> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Monroe could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <4> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |