Welcome to Monroe ...The city of Monroe is located in Union County<1> and is the County Seat for Union County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Monroe, you might consider that their post office opened in 1844. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Monroe has a population of 35,506 people<2> (see below for details). Monroe is 600 feet [183 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Monroe lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Monroe: 704 & 980<4> The ZIP codes for Monroe: 28110-28112<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Monroe had an population of 35,506 people. This is an increase of 8.26% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 35.37% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Monroe had a population of 32,797 people (which is 16.23% of the total population of Union County). This makes Monroe the county's 2nd most populous community. The population of Monroe represents 0.34% of the total population of North Carolina (which has 9,535,483 people), making it the state's 26th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 32,797 people, the population of Monroe increased 25.05% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 26,228 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, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi (2), Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey (3), New York, Newfoundland and Labrador, 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. Websites for Monroe ...Official Website: www.monroenc.org/ Chamber of Commerce: www.unioncountycoc.com/ 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 11 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 (so far) for Monroe was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Monroe. Footnotes ...
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