Lake Monroe (Mississippi) in Monroe and Brown counties, Indiana
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Lake Monroe may refer to one of the following places in the United States: *Lake Monroe, Florida, unincorporated community *Lake Monroe (Florida) in Florida, a lake on the St. Johns River * Lake Monroe (Mississippi) in Monroe County, Mississippi *Monroe Lake Monroe Lake (also referred to as Lake Monroe) is a reservoir located about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Bloomington, Indiana, United States. The lake is the largest entirely situated in Indiana with of water surface area spread over the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lake Monroe, Florida
Lake Monroe is an unincorporated community in Seminole County, Florida, United States. Its ZIP code is 32747. The Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway (JT&KW) completed a bridge over the St. Johns River just north of Lake Monroe in 1886. Later that year the Orange Belt Railway The Orange Belt Railway (later known as the Sanford & St. Petersburg Railroad) was a narrow gauge railroad established in 1885 by Russian exile Peter Demens in Florida. It was one of the longest narrow gauge railroads in the United States at t ... connected to the JT&KW near the bridge, and built a station named "Monroe Station" at the junction. Both the JT&KW and the Orange Belt continued from Monroe Station to Sanford. A real estate development called St. Joseph's Colony was platted on 640 acres near Monroe Station in 1887. The development, promoted by Henry Sanford's Florida Land and Colonization Company, was advertised to German immigrants as a Roman Catholic community, with a town lot ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lake Monroe (Florida)
Lake Monroe is one of the lakes that make up the St. Johns River system. The port city of Sanford is situated along the southern shore (on the Sanford side is The Sanford Riverwalk), while DeBary and Deltona are located along the northern shore. Two major central Florida roadways that run near the lake are State Road 415 which crosses at the Osteen Bridge, US Routes 17-92 which crosses at Lake Monroe Bridge and Interstate 4 which crosses the river at the St. Johns River Veterans Memorial Bridge. It forms the border of Seminole County and Volusia County It is the 8th largest lake in the Orlando metropolitan area, after Lake Jesup, 7 miles (11 km) to the south. See also *Green Springs Park * List of lakes of the St. Johns River *St. Johns River References External links * {{authority control Monroe Monroe Monroe Monroe or Monroes may refer to: People and fictional characters * Monroe (surname) * Monroe (given name) * James Monroe, 5th President of th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lake Monroe (Mississippi) in Monroe and Brown counties, Indiana
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Lake Monroe may refer to one of the following places in the United States: *Lake Monroe, Florida, unincorporated community *Lake Monroe (Florida) in Florida, a lake on the St. Johns River * Lake Monroe (Mississippi) in Monroe County, Mississippi *Monroe Lake Monroe Lake (also referred to as Lake Monroe) is a reservoir located about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Bloomington, Indiana, United States. The lake is the largest entirely situated in Indiana with of water surface area spread over the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Monroe County, Mississippi
Monroe County is a county on the northeast border of the U.S. state of Mississippi next to Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the population was 34,180. Its county seat is Aberdeen. History The county is named in honor of James Monroe, the fifth President of the United States. Part of the county east of the Tombigbee River originally made-up part of the Alabama Territory, belonging to Marion County, until new lines of demarcation put it in the State of Mississippi in 1821. In 1889, an African-American man, Keith Bowen was lynched by a mob in the Lebanon community six miles south of Aberdeen after he was found in a white girl's bedroom at 3:00 AM." In 1922, William Baker, an 18-year-old African-American man was lynched in Monroe County by a white mob. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.9%) is water. In 1922, the Commissioner of Agriculture for the county published a report in a local newspaper which ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |