Welcome to Monticello ...So far, we found very little information about Monticello. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Monticello to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Monticello, please Contact Us. Monticello would have been located within present day Sierra County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Monticello, you might consider that their post office opened in 1892. While the community is gone, the present day location for Monticello is 5,250 feet [1,600 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Monticello is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Monticello was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Monticello was located: 575 Communities Also Named Monticello ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two New Mexico communities named Monticello: This one is located in Sierra County and the other is located in Bernalillo County. Beyond New Mexico, 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, Mississippi, Missouri (3), 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. See our Newspapers 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.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Monticello. Footnotes ...
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