Monroe County, Indiana

Monroe County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education

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Etymology - Origin of County Name

Named for James Monroe who was the fifth President of the United States and author of the "Monroe Doctrine" which proclaims foreign aggression in this hemisphere will be seen as a direct threat against the United States.

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History

Monroe County was organized April 10, 1818. It was named for James Monroe, fifth President of the United States, who was serving at the time the county was organized.

Monroe County is divided into 11 Civil Townships as follows: Bean Blossom, Benton, Bloomington, Clear Creek, Indian Creek, Perry, Polk, Richland, Salt Creek, Van Buren and Washington. The township once known as Marion in now included in Benton Township.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 411 square miles (1,065 km²), of which 394 square miles (1,021 km²) is land and 17 square miles (44 km²) (4.13%) is water.

Neighboring Counties:

North: Morgan County
East: Brown County
Southeast: Jackson County
South: Lawrence County
Southwest: Greene County
Northwest: Owen County

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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic features of our country!"

But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.

Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally, act locally."

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