Welcome to Monahans ...

The city of Monahans is located in Big Bend Country (West Texas).

Monahans is primarily located in Ward County<1> and is the County Seat for Ward County. A portion of Monahans extends into Winkler County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Monahans, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1891.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Monahans has a population of 7,800 people<2> (see below for details).

The community of Monahans is 2,710 feet [826 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Monahans is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Monahans lies within the (432) area code.

The ZIP code for Monahans: 79756<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Monahans had an population of 7,800 people. This is an increase of 12.18% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 14.35% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Monahans had a population of 6,953 people (which is 65.24% of the total population of Ward County). This makes Monahans the county's most populous community.

The population of Monahans represents 0.03% of the total population of Texas (which has 25,145,561 people), making it the state's 266th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 6,953 people, the population of Monahans increased 1.94% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 6,821 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Monahans.

Communities near Monahans ...

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

• Wink
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wink
  • Wink is located in Winkler County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,014 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wink <5>
• Wickett
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wickett have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickett
  • Wickett is located in Ward County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 558 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wickett <5>
• Grandfalls
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Grandfalls have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandfalls
  • Grandfalls is located in Ward County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 403 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Grandfalls <5>
• Pyote
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pyote
  • Pyote is located in Ward County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 134 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pyote <5>
• Royalty
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Royalty
  • Royalty is located in Ward County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Royalty <5>
• Judkins
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Judkins
  • Judkins is located in Ector County
• Penwell
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Penwell have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Penwell
  • Penwell is located in Ector County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Penwell <5>
• Cheyenne
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cheyenne
  • Cheyenne is located in Winkler County
• Kermit
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kermit
  • Kermit is located in Winkler County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,367 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kermit <5>
• Imperial
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Imperial
  • Imperial is located in Pecos County
  • Imperial has also been known as:
  • Imperial Colonia
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Imperial <5>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Monahans. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Monahans.

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

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Monahans. Our list includes 4 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Monahans.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Monahans ...

Looking for more information about Monahans? 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 Monahans, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Monahans.

Adding Monahans to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Monahans 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 for Monahans was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Monahans post office opened in 1891.

We also found Monahans on a map titled Road Map for Texas (from Shell Oil, 1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Monahans.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Monahans. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for State of Texas: https://texas.gov/