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Welcome to Monona ...

The city of Monona is located in Dane County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Monona, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1956.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Monona has a population of 8,190 people<2> (see below for details).

Monona is 900 feet [274 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area Codes for Monona: 608 & 353<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Monona had an population of 8,190 people. This is an increase of 8.72% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 2.15% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Monona had a population of 7,533 people. This makes Monona the county's 11th most populous community.

The population of Monona represents 0.13% of the total population of Wisconsin (which has 5,686,986 people), making it the state's 129th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 7,533 people, the population of Monona decreased 6.05% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 8,018 people).

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

Communities Also Named Monona ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Monona - it's located in Iowa.

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

Websites for Monona ...

Official Website:   www.monona.wi.us/

Chamber of Commerce:   www.monona.com/

Communities near Monona ...

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

  • Sun Prairie
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Sun Prairie is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sun Prairie
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,119 people
  • Fitchburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Fitchburg is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fitchburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 30,866 people
  • Middleton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Middleton is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middleton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 20,195 people
  • Waunakee
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Waunakee is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waunakee
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,188 people
  • Verona
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Verona is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Verona
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,539 people
  • Stoughton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Stoughton is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stoughton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,218 people
  • DeForest
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
    • DeForest is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for DeForest
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,915 people
  • Oregon
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
    • Oregon is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oregon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,731 people
  • Windsor
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Windsor is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windsor
  • Cottage Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Cottage Grove is located in Dane County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage Grove
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,158 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 Monona. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Monona.

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

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

Adding Monona to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Monona 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 Monona was on a map titled Road Map for Wisconsin (from Shell Oil, 1956).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Monona.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Wisconsin's counties, including Dane, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Monona.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Monona - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>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 608 code has been Overlayed with the 353 area code. New phone numbers in the Monona area will be assigned with one of these codes: 608 or 353. As a result, placing a call in the Monona area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).