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Welcome to Monticello ...

Monticello is located in the Piney Woods (East Texas).

Monticello is located in Titus County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Monticello, you might consider that their post office opened in 1857.

Monticello is 410 feet [125 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Monticello: 903 & 430<3>

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, Mississippi, Missouri (3), New Mexico (2), New York (2), North Carolina (3), Ohio (2), Ontario, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward Island, South Carolina, Tennessee (2), 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.

  • Mount Pleasant
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Pittsburg
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Winnsboro
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Mount Vernon
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Winfield
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Talco
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Miller's Cove
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Miller's Cove is located in Titus County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miller's Cove
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 175 people
  • Rocky Mound
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Rocky Mound is located in Camp County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Mound
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
  • Harvard
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Harvard is located in Camp County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harvard
  • Leesburg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)

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.

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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Monticello, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with 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 on a map titled Map of Texas (from Rand McNally, 1911).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Monticello.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Titus, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Monticello - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 903 code has been Overlayed with the 430 area code. New phone numbers in the Monticello area will be assigned with one of these codes: 903 or 430. As a result, placing a call in the Monticello area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.