Monroe or Monroes may refer to:

People and fictional characters

Monroe (surname) Monroe is a surname of Scottish origin, also spelled Munro.Black, George F. (1946). The Surnames of Scotland (1993 ed.). Edinburgh: New York Public Library/Birlinn. p. 619. Notable people with the surname include: * Alan H. Monroe (1903–1975), p ...

Monroe (given name) Monroe is a masculine given name which may refer to: People * Monroe Althouse (1853–1924), American composer and bandmaster * Monroe Baker (1821 or 1823–?), American politician, one of the first, possibly the first, African-American mayors in ...

James Monroe James Monroe ( ; April 28, 1758July 4, 1831) was an American statesman, lawyer, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fifth president of the United States from 1817 to 1825. A member of the Democratic-Republican Party, Monroe wa ...

, 5th President of the United States

Places

United States

Monroe, Arkansas Monroe is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Monroe County, Arkansas, United States. The unincorporated community extends beyond the CDP slightly into Lee County. It was first listed as a CDP in the 2020 census wit ...

, an unincorporated community and census-designated place *

Monroe, California Hales Grove (formerly, Monroe and Monroeville) is an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California. It is located on California State Route 1 State Route 1 (SR 1) is a major north–south state highway that runs along mos ...

, former name of Hales Grove, California *

Fort Monroe (Yosemite) Fort Monroe is a historic site in Yosemite National Park. There are no longer remnants; it is a location only. The fort was not a military fort, but started as a stage station. As various buildings were added or demolished, the general location ...

, California, a historic site *

Monroe, Connecticut Monroe is a town located in eastern Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 18,825 at the 2020 census. Monroe is largely considered a bedroom community of New York City, New Haven, and Bridgeport. History On May 15, ...

, a town *

Monroe County, Florida Monroe County is a county in the state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 82,874. Its county seat is Key West. Monroe County includes the islands of the Florida Keys and comprises the Key West Micropolitan Statistical Area ...

* Lake Monroe (Florida) * Monroe, Georgia, a city *

Monroe, Adams County, Indiana Monroe is a town in Washington and Monroe townships, Adams County, Indiana, United States. The population of the town was 945 residents at the 2019 census. Adams Central Community Schools is located in Monroe. History Monroe was platted in 18 ...

, a town *

Monroe, Tippecanoe County, Indiana Monroe is a small Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Lauramie Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, Lauramie Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, Tippecanoe County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The community is part of the Lafayette ...

, an unincorporated community *

Lake Monroe (Indiana) Monroe Lake 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 counties of Monroe and Brown. Cap ...

, a reservoir *

Monroe, Iowa Monroe is a city in Jasper and Marion counties in Iowa, United States. The population was 1,967 at the time of the 2020 census. History Monroe was laid out in 1851 by Adam Tool and was originally called Tool's Point. The name was soon changed t ...

, a city *

Monroe, Kentucky Monroe is an unincorporated community in Hart County, Kentucky, in the United States. History A post office called Monroe was established in 1878, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1919. The community was named for President Ja ...

, an unincorporated community *

Monroe, Louisiana Monroe (historically french: Poste-du-Ouachita) is the eighth-largest city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, and parish seat of Ouachita Parish. With a 2020 census-tabulated population of 47,702, it is the principal city of the Monroe metropol ...

, a city *

Monroe, Maine Monroe is a town in Waldo County, Maine, United States named for President James Monroe. The population was 931 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which, of it is ...

, a town *

Monroe, Massachusetts Monroe is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 118 at the 2020 census. By area, population, and population density, it is the smallest town in the county; and is the second-smallest town by population in the ...

, a town *

Monroe, Michigan Monroe is the largest city and county seat of Monroe County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Monroe had a population of 20,462 in the 2020 census. The city is bordered on the south by Monroe Charter Township, but the two are administered autonom ...

, a city *

Lake Monroe (Mississippi) 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 *M ...

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 2010 census, the population was 36,989. Its county seat is Aberdeen. History The county is named in honor of James Monroe, the fif ...

* Monroe Island, in the

Yellowstone River The Yellowstone River is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately long, in the Western United States. Considered the principal tributary of upper Missouri, via its own tributaries it drains an area with headwaters across the mountains a ...

in Montana *

Monroe, Nebraska Monroe is a village in Platte County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 284 at the 2010 census. History The first settlement at Monroe was made in the 1850s. Monroe was not platted until 1889 when the railroad extended a siding to that ...

, a village *

Monroe, New Hampshire Monroe is a town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 864 at the 2020 census, up from 788 at the 2010 census. The town is located along the Connecticut River, across from Barnet, Vermont. It was originally chartere ...

a town *

Mount Monroe Mount Monroe is a mountain peak southwest of Mount Washington in the Presidential Range of the White Mountains in New Hampshire, United States. It is named for American President James Monroe and is the fourth highest mountain on the 4000 foo ...

, a peak in the White Mountains of New Hampshire *

Monroe, New York Monroe is a town in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 21,387 at the 2020 census, compared to 39,912 at the 2010 census; the significant fall in census population was due to the secession of the town of Palm Tree in 201 ...

, a town **

Monroe (village), New York Monroe is a village in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 9,343 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Poughkeepsie– Newburgh– Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York– ...

, in the town of Monroe *

Monroe, North Carolina Monroe is a city in and the county seat of Union County, North Carolina, United States. The population increased from 32,797 in 2010 to 34,551 in 2020. It is within the rapidly growing Charlotte metropolitan area. Monroe has a council-manager ...

, a city *

Monroe, Ohio Monroe is a city in east central Butler and west central Warren counties in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 15,412 at the 2020 census. Monroe is a part of the Cincinnati metropolitan area. History Monroe wa ...

, a city *

Monroe, Jackson County, Ohio Monroe (previously known as Monroe Furnace and Monroe Station) is an unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Jackson County, Ohio Ohio () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States ...

, an unincorporated community *

Monroe, Oklahoma Monroe is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in far eastern Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States. A post office was established at Monroe, Indian Territory, on February 25, 1881. It was named for its first postmaster, Si ...

, an unincorporated community and census-designated place *

Monroe, Oregon Monroe is a city in Benton County, Oregon, United States. The population was 651 at the 2018 census. It is part of the Corvallis, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area. Monroe is located midway between Eugene and Corvallis along Highway 99W and th ...

, a city *

Monroe, Pennsylvania Monroe (also referred to as Monroeton) is a borough in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The population was 482 at the 2020 census. Geography Monroeton is located in south-central Bradford Co ...

, a borough *

Monroe, South Dakota Monroe is a town in Turner County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 159 at the 2020 census. History Monroe was originally called Warrington, and under the latter name was platted in 1887. Some say the present name is for James ...

, a town *

Monroe, Tennessee Monroe is an unincorporated community in Overton County, Tennessee, United States. The zipcode is 38573. Monroe is located along State Route 111 northeast of Livingston and southwest of Byrdstown Byrdstown is a town in Pickett County, Tennes ...

, an unincorporated community * Monroe, Utah, a city *

Monroe, Virginia Monroe is an unincorporated community in Amherst County, Virginia, United States. Monroe is located along U.S. Route 29 north of Lynchburg. Speed the Plough, a farm located in Monroe, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in ...

, an unincorporated community *

Fort Monroe Fort Monroe, managed by partnership between the Fort Monroe Authority for the Commonwealth of Virginia, the National Park Service as the Fort Monroe National Monument, and the City of Hampton, is a former military installation in Hampton, Virgi ...

, Hampton, Virginia, a former military installation * Monroe Park, Richmond, Virginia * Monroe Bay, Virginia *

Monroe, Washington Monroe is a city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. It is located at the confluence of the Skykomish, Snohomish, and Snoqualmie rivers near the Cascade foothills, about northeast of Seattle. Monroe's population was 19,699 as o ...

, a city * Monroe, Adams County, Wisconsin, a town * Monroe (town), Green County, Wisconsin, a town *

Monroe, Wisconsin Monroe, known as "the Swiss Cheese Capital of the USA", is a city in and the county seat of Green County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 10,661 at the 2020 census. The city is bordered by the Town of Monroe to the north and the ...

, a city partially within the town of Monroe * Monroe Township (disambiguation)

Elsewhere

* Monroe Island, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica *

Monroe Point, South Shetland Islands Monroe Point is an ice-free tipped point projecting 1.1 km into Boyd Strait from the west coast of Snow Island (South Shetland Islands), Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, and forming the south side of the entrance to Bar ...

, Antarctica * Monroe, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, a settlement * Monroe, County Westmeath, Ireland, a townland * 3768 Monroe, an asteroid

Arts and entertainment

Television

* ''Monroe'' (TV series), a British medical drama series * ''The Monroes'' (1966 TV series), an American Western series * ''The Monroes'' (1995 TV series), an American prime-time soap opera

Music

The Monroes (American band) The Monroes were a new wave band from San Diego active throughout most of the 1980s. They are best known for their single "What Do All the People Know". Background For keyboardist Eric Denton, forming the Monroes fulfilled his early fantasies ...

, a 1980s New Wave pop band * The Monroes (Norwegian band), a 1980s pop/ska duo

Other arts and entertainment

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Monroe Republic ''Revolution'' is an American post-apocalyptic science fiction television series that ran from September 17, 2012, until May 21, 2014, when it was cancelled by NBC. The show takes place in the post-apocalyptic near-future of the year 2027, ...

, an area of the US in the television series ''Revolution''

Schools

* Monroe College, a former name of Tift College, a private liberal arts women's college located in Forsyth, Georgia * Monroe College, an American for-profit college based in New York *

Monroe School (Phoenix, Arizona) The Monroe School is a historic former school at 215 North 7th Street at the intersection of Monroe Street in downtown Phoenix, Arizona. It was designed by Norman Foote Marsh in the Neoclassical or Classical Revival style and was an elementary sc ...

, a former school on the National Register of Historic Places *

Monroe School (Sandusky, Ohio) Monroe School may refer to: *Monroe School (Phoenix, Arizona) The Monroe School is a historic former school at 215 North 7th Street at the intersection of Monroe Street in downtown Phoenix, Arizona. It was designed by Norman Foote Marsh in the ...

, on the National Register of Historic Places in Sandusky, Ohio *

Monroe High School (disambiguation) Monroe High School may refer to: *Monroe High School (Tehachapi) — Tehachapi, California *Monroe High School (Los Angeles) — Los Angeles, California *Monroe High School (Florida) — the former high school for negro students in Coc ...

Monroe Elementary School (disambiguation) There are a number of Elementary schools named Monroe Elementary School: * Monroe Elementary School (Santa Ana, California) * Monroe Elementary School (Davenport, Iowa), NRHP-nominated and possibly NRHP-listed * Monroe Elementary School (Monrovia ...

Transportation

Monroe (automobile) The Monroe was a Brass Era and vintage car built in Flint, Michigan (1914–1916), Pontiac, Michigan (1916–1918), and Indianapolis, Indiana (1918-1923). History In the mid-teens, R. F. Monroe was head of the Monroe Body Company in Pontiac ...

, a vintage American automobile of the Brass Era * , a steamship *

Monroe Airport (disambiguation) Monroe Airport may refer to: * Monroe City Regional Airport serving Monroe, Missouri, United States (FAA: K52) * Monroe Municipal Airport serving Monroe, Wisconsin, United States (FAA: EFT) * Monroe Regional Airport (Louisiana) serving Monroe, Loui ...

* Monroe Expressway, North Carolina *

Monroe Railroad (disambiguation) Monroe Railroad may refer to: *Monroe Railroad (1833–1836), predecessor of the Central of Georgia Railway **Its successor, the Monroe Railroad and Banking Company (1836–1845) **The affiliated Monroe Railroad Bank Monroe or Monroes may refer to: ...

* Monroe station (disambiguation)

Other uses

Monroe (tree) The giant sequoia ('' Sequoiadendron giganteum'') is the world's most massive tree, and arguably the largest living organism on Earth. It is neither the tallest extant species of tree (that distinction belongs to the coast redwood), nor is it th ...

, a giant sequoia in the Gian Forest, California * Monroe Correctional Complex, Monroe, Washington, United States *

Monroe (avocado) The Monroe avocado (''Persea americana'' 'Monroe') is a commercial named cultivar of avocado that originated in south Florida. It became popular for its production habits and relative cold-hardiness and is widely grown in Florida. History The ...

, a commercial avocado cultivar *

Monroe Calculating Machine Company Monroe Systems for Business is a provider of electric calculators, printers, and office accessories such as paper shredders to business clients. Originally known as the Monroe Calculating Machine Company, it was founded in 1912 by Jay Randolph ...

, an American calculator company * Monroe, a division of the

Tenneco Tenneco (formerly Tenneco Automotive and originally Tennessee Gas Transmission Company) is an American automotive components original equipment manufacturer and an aftermarket ride control and emissions products manufacturer. It is a Fortune 5 ...

corporation * Monroe piercing, body piercing of the upper lip area * Palácio Monroe, a former building in Rio de Janeiro

People and fictional characters

Places

United States

Elsewhere

Arts and entertainment

Television

Music

Other arts and entertainment

Schools

Transportation

Other uses

See also