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Monroe

Monroe is the largest city in , United States, and its county seat. The population was 20,462 at the 2020 census. The city is bordered on the south by , but the two are administered autonomously.
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  • Type: Town with 20,500 residents
  • Description: city in and county seat of Monroe County, Michigan, United States
  • Also known as: “Monroe, MI”, “Monroe, Michigan”, and “River Raisin Settlement”
  • Postal codes: 48161 and 48162

Places of Interest

Highlights include River Raisin National Battlefield Park and Woodland Cemetery.

Park
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The preserves the site of the Battle of Frenchtown as the only national battlefield marking a site of the War of 1812.

Cemetery
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is a public, city-owned located at 428 Jerome Street in the city of Monroe in the U.S. state of . It occupies 10 acres and contains over 6,500 graves.

Islet
is an island in Plum Creek, near . It is in , . Its coordinates are, and the United States Geological Survey gives its elevation as 581 ft.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Charter Township of Monroe and South Monroe.

Town
Monroe Charter Township is a charter township of in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the township population was 14,391. is situated 2 miles southwest of Monroe.

Village
is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in in the U.S. state of . The population was 6,468 at the 2020 census. The CDP is located within .

Village
is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in in the U.S. state of . The population was 3,227 at the 2020 census. The CDP is located within .

Monroe

Latitude
41.9145° or 41° 54′ 52″ north
Longitude
-83.3968° or 83° 23′ 49″ west
Population
20,500
Elevation
597 feet (182 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US MOI
Open location code
86HRWJ73+R7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153979364
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5002344
Wiki­data ID
Q995533
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Monroe” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مونرو”
  • Basque: “Monroe”
  • Cebuano: “Monroe (kapital sa kondado sa Estados Unidos, Michigan)”
  • Cebuano: “Monroe”
  • Chechen: “Монро”
  • Chinese: “Monroe”
  • Chinese: “門羅”
  • Dagbani: “Monroe”
  • Danish: “Monroe”
  • Dutch: “Monroe”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مونرو”
  • Estonian: “Monroe”
  • French: “Monroe”
  • German: “Monroe (Michigan)”
  • German: “Monroe”
  • Gilaki: “مؤنرؤ (ميشيگان)”
  • Gilaki: “مؤنرؤ”
  • Greek: “Μονρόε”
  • Hebrew: “מונרו”
  • Hungarian: “Monroe”
  • Irish: “Monroe”
  • Italian: “Monroe”
  • Japanese: “モンロー”
  • Kazakh: “Monroý”
  • Kazakh: “Монрой”
  • Kazakh: “مونروي”
  • Kirghiz: “Монрой”
  • Korean: “먼로”
  • Ladin: “Monroe”
  • Malagasy: “Monroe, Michigan”
  • Malagasy: “Monroe”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Monroe”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Monroe”
  • Norwegian: “Monroe”
  • Persian: “مونرو، میشیگان”
  • Persian: “مونرو”
  • Polish: “Monroe”
  • Portuguese: “Monroe”
  • Romanian: “Monroe, Michigan”
  • Romanian: “Monroe”
  • Russian: “Монро”
  • Serbian: “Монро”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Monroe, Michigan”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Monroe”
  • Slovenian: “Monroe”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مونرو، میشیقان”
  • Spanish: “Monroe (Míchigan)”
  • Spanish: “Monroe”
  • Swedish: “Monroe, Michigan”
  • Swedish: “Monroe”
  • Tatar: “Монро”
  • Turkish: “Monroe, Michigan”
  • Turkish: “Monroe”
  • Ukrainian: “Монро”
  • Uzbek: “Monroe”
  • Uzbek: “Монрое”
  • Volapük: “Monroe”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Monroe, Michigan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Monroe”
  • Welsh: “Monroe, Michigan”
  • Welsh: “Monroe”

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