Do you know of Monarat ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Monarat. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Monarat.<1>

Our sources for Monarat (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Monarat other than they indicate that Monarat would be found somewhere in Carroll County, Virginia.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1891 and closed  in 1936.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Monarat ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Monarat:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Monarat - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

Rand McNally Map of Virginia (1911)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

The FIPS database contains an entry for Monarat.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 51/52472   (Place Name: Monarat)

County: Carroll     (FIPS State/County: 51/035)

Class: X3

More Orphans in  Carroll County ...

Can you help?

As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Carroll County.