Welcome to Monticello ...The town of Monticello is located in Lawrence County<1> and is the County Seat for Lawrence County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Monticello, you might consider that their post office opened in 1815. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Monticello has a population of 1,473 people<2> (see below for details). Monticello is 200 feet [61 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Monticello lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Monticello: 601 & 769<4> The ZIP code for Monticello: 39654<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Monticello had an population of 1,473 people. This is a decrease of 6.24% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 14.66% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Monticello had a population of 1,571 people (which is 12.15% of the total population of Lawrence County). This makes Monticello the county's most populous community. The population of Monticello represents 0.05% of the population of Mississippi (which has 2,967,297 people), making it the state's 129th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 1,571 people, the population of Monticello decreased 8.98% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 1,726 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Monticello. Communities Also Named Monticello ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 41 communities that are also named Monticello - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia (2), Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky (2), Louisiana (3), Maine, Minnesota, 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.
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. Our list includes 8 papers. 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. In addition to the Tourism page for Monticello, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on 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 document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Monticello. Footnotes ...
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