Monroe

Monroe County is a county in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,376. Its county seat is . Monroe County was the home of Andrew Summers Rowan, a soldier in the Spanish–American War commemorated in Elbert Hubbard's essay "A Message to Garcia." In 1928 the Jones Diamond was found lying on the ground here by two men pitching horseshoes.
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  • Type: County with 13,500 residents
  • Description: county in West Virginia, United States
  • Also known as: “Comte de Monroe”, “Monroe County”, “Monroe County i Vest Virginia”, “Monroe County i Vest-Virginia”, “Monroe County, Virginia”, “Monroe County, W.Va.”, “Monroe County, West Virginia”, “Monroe County, WV”, “Monroe ilçesi, Batı Virginia”, “Monroe ilçesi, W.Va.”, “Monroe ilçesi, WV”, “Okrožje Monroe”, and “Quận Monroe, Tây Virginia”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Union and Gates.

Village
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
is a town in Monroe County, West Virginia, United States.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, , United States.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, , United States.

Monroe

Latitude
37.5586° or 37° 33′ 31″ north
Longitude
-80.5192° or 80° 31′ 9″ west
Population
13,500
Elevation
1,998 feet (609 metres)
Open location code
869XHF5J+C8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 317006335
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4815213
Wiki­data ID
Q488769
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Monroe” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Monroe County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة مونرو”
  • Armenian: “Մոնրո շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Monroe”
  • Basque: “Monroe konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Monroe County, West Virginia”
  • Bavarian: “Monroe County”
  • Bishnupriya: “মনরৌ কাউন্টি, ৱেস্ট ভার্জিনিয়া”
  • Bishnupriya: “মনরৌ কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Монро”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Monroe”
  • Cebuano: “Monroe County”
  • Chechen: “Монро”
  • Chinese: “門羅縣”
  • Chinese: “门罗县”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Monroe, Virjynni West”
  • Cornish: “Konteth Monroe”
  • Dutch: “Monroe County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Monroe”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Monroe”
  • Finnish: “Monroen piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Monroe”
  • French: “Comté de Monroe”
  • Georgian: “მონროს ოლქი”
  • German: “Monroe County”
  • Gilaki: “مونرو شأرستان (خۊرخۊسي ويرجينيا)”
  • Gilaki: “مونرو شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Μονρόε”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Μονρόε”
  • Hungarian: “Monroe megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Monroe”
  • Italian: “contea di Monroe”
  • Italian: “Contea di Monroe”
  • Japanese: “モンロー郡”
  • Korean: “먼로군”
  • Low German: “Monroe County”
  • Mazanderani: “مونرو شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Monroe Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Monroe Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Monroe County”
  • Norwegian: “Monroe County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان مونرو، ویرجینیای غربی”
  • Persian: “شهرستان مونرو”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Monroe”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Monroe”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Monroe, Virginia de Vest”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Monroe”
  • Russian: “Монро”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Monroe”
  • Serbian: “Monroe County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Монро”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Monroe County, West Virginia”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Monroe County”
  • Slovenian: “Monroe County”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Monroe”
  • Swedish: “Monroe County, West Virginia”
  • Swedish: “Monroe County”
  • Tatar: “Морган (округ, Көнбатыш Вирджиния)”
  • Tatar: “Морган”
  • Turkish: “Monroe County, Batı Virginia”
  • Turkish: “Monroe ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Монро”
  • Urdu: “مونرو کاؤنٹی، مغربی ورجینیا”
  • Urdu: “مونرو کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Monroe”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Monroe, West Virginia”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Monroe”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Monroe, West Virginia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Monroe”
  • Welsh: “Monroe County, Gorllewin Virginia”
  • Welsh: “Monroe County”
  • Western Panjabi: “منرو کاؤنٹی، ویسٹ ورجینیا”
  • Western Panjabi: “منرو کاؤنٹی”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Union Historic District and Keenan.

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Highlights: Willow Bend Airport and Marvin Chapel.

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