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Welcome to Monaville ...

Monaville is located

Monaville is located in Waller County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Monaville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

Monaville is 170 feet [52 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Monaville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Monaville - they are located in Illinois and West Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Monaville.

Communities near Monaville ...

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

  • Katy
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Katy is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 23,889 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Katy <3>
  • Fulshear
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Hempstead
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Prairie View
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Sealy
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Brookshire
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Bellville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Weston Lakes
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Weston Lakes is located in Fort Bend County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weston Lakes
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,191 people
  • Waller
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Pine Island
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Pine Island is located in Waller County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Island
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,205 people

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 Monaville. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Monaville.

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

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Monaville. See our Newspapers Page for Monaville.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Monaville ...

Looking for more information about Monaville? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Monaville, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Monaville.

Adding Monaville to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Monaville 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 Monaville was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Monaville post office opened in 1886. The Monaville post office closed in 1913.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Monaville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Waller, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Monaville - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/