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Monroe County is a county located in the south central part of the U.S. state of . In the early 20th century, it was a center of bituminous coal mining and in 1910 had a population of more than 25,000.
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  • Type: County with 7,580 residents
  • Description: county in Iowa, United States
  • Also known as: “Monroe County”, “Monroe County, IA”, and “Monroe County, Iowa”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Albia.

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is a city in and the county seat of Monroe County, in southern , United States. The population was 3,721 at the 2020 census. The city of was a past center for coal mining in southern Iowa, and is now known for its historic square, and collection of Victorian homes.

Monroe

Latitude
41.0143° or 41° 0′ 51″ north
Longitude
-92.8793° or 92° 52′ 45″ west
Population
7,580
Elevation
787 feet (240 metres)
Open location code
86H9247C+P7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316955493
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4867729
Wiki­data ID
Q485984
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Monroe” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Monroe County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة مونرو”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه مونرو، آيوا”
  • Armenian: “Մոնրո շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Monroe”
  • Basque: “Monroe konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Monroe County, Iowa”
  • Bavarian: “Monroe County”
  • Bishnupriya: “মনরৌ কাউন্টি, আইৱা”
  • Bishnupriya: “মনরৌ কাউন্টি”
  • Bulgarian: “Монро”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Monroe”
  • Cebuano: “Monroe County”
  • Chechen: “Монро (гуо, Айова)”
  • Chechen: “Монро”
  • Chinese: “Monroe Kūn”
  • Chinese: “門羅縣 (愛阿華州)”
  • Chinese: “門羅縣”
  • Chinese: “门罗县”
  • Danish: “Monroe County, IA”
  • Danish: “Monroe County, Iowa”
  • Danish: “Monroe County”
  • Dutch: “Monroe County”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Monroe”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Monroe”
  • Esperanto: “Monroe County”
  • Estonian: “Monroe maakond”
  • Finnish: “Monroen piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Monroe”
  • French: “Comté de Monroe”
  • French: “Monroe County”
  • Georgian: “მონროს ოლქი”
  • German: “Monroe County”
  • Gilaki: “مونرو شأرستان (آیؤوا)”
  • Gilaki: “مونرو شأرستان”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Μονρόε”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Μονρόε”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז מונרו”
  • Hungarian: “Monroe megye”
  • Irish: “Contae Monroe”
  • Italian: “contea di Monroe”
  • Italian: “Contea di Monroe”
  • Italian: “Monroe County”
  • Japanese: “モンロー郡”
  • Korean: “먼로군”
  • Low German: “Monroe County”
  • Mazanderani: “مونرو شهرستان (آیووا)”
  • Mazanderani: “مونرو شهرستان”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Monroe Gông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Monroe Kūn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Monroe County i Iowa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Monroe County”
  • Norwegian: “Monroe County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان مونرو، آیووا”
  • Persian: “شهرستان مونرو”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Monroe”
  • Portuguese: “condado de Monroe”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Monroe”
  • Portuguese: “Monroe County”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Monroe, Iowa”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Monroe”
  • Russian: “Монро”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Monroe”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Monroe County”
  • Serbian: “Округ Монро”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Monroe County, Iowa”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Monroe County”
  • Slovenian: “Monroe County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Monroe”
  • Spanish: “condado de Monroe”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Monroe”
  • Spanish: “Monroe County”
  • Swedish: “Monroe County, Iowa”
  • Swedish: “Monroe County”
  • Tatar: “Монро (округ, Айова)”
  • Tatar: “Монро”
  • Turkish: “Monroe County, IA”
  • Turkish: “Monroe County, Iowa”
  • Turkish: “Monroe County”
  • Turkish: “Monroe ilçesi, IA”
  • Turkish: “Monroe ilçesi, Iowa”
  • Turkish: “Monroe ilçesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Монро”
  • Urdu: “مونرو کاؤنٹی، آئیووا”
  • Urdu: “مونرو کاؤنٹی”
  • Venetian: “contea de Monroe”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Monroe, Iowa”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Monroe”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Monroe, Iowa”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Monroe”
  • Welsh: “Monroe County, Iowa”
  • Welsh: “Monroe County”
  • Western Panjabi: “منرو کاؤنٹی، آئیووا”
  • Western Panjabi: “منرو کاؤنٹی”

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