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The City of Monroe

The City Building, 233 South Main Street, Monroe, Ohio. Staff photo by Gary Stelzer

About Monroe

Founded: 1817
Population: 11,000 (2007 Estimate)
Location: Center of border between Warren and Butler Counties 29 miles north of Cincinnati.
Education: 4 public schools, 6 Vocational Schools, 3 Colleges/Universities

Monroe began as a small farming village, platted and recorded by John H. Piatt and Nathaniel Sackett, in 1817. Piatt was a merchant from Cincinnati and a prominent figure in the war of 1812. Nathanial was a descendant of Simon Sackett, who arrived in the States in 1681.

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The village was named for James Monroe, who was U.S. president at the time of its founding. Monroe's population was consistently low for a century and a half, and it remained a farming community, exporting hogs to other locations. The first high school was established in 1881, and it remained on the same site until the new building opened in 2004.

The Current Events Club was created in 1903 and still operates today. Monroe's population increased dramatically in the 1950s, jumping from 360 at the 1950 census to 2,193 10 years later. The population has been on the rise ever since. The village became a city in 1995, having attained a population of at least 5,000.

Monroe is home to a Lions Club, an Optimist Club, and the Highpoint Masonic Lodge. The Trader's World and Turtle Creek Flea Markets are tourist attractions, as well as a 62-foot sculpture of Jesus at the Solid Rock Church along I-75.

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2008 homecomings

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10/11/2008 at 7:58 p.m. | more galleries like this

Monroe vs. Dixie

Monroe defeated Dixie 38-10 on Friday, Oct. 10, 2008.
10/11/2008 at 12:36 a.m. | more galleries like this

Monroe vs. Carlisle

Carlisle played against the visiting Monroe Hornets Friday night. Monroe won the game 13-9.
09/28/2008 at 9:12 p.m. | more galleries like this

2008 Renaissance Festival

Members of the Ohio Renaissance Festival street cast rehearse Saturday afternoon, August 23, during a full cast dress rehearsal. The festival's opening day is August 30.
08/30/2008 at 9:58 p.m. | more galleries like this

Your vacation photos

Where did you go on vacation? Show us and view other user's vacation spots by uploading your photos to our gallery.
08/19/2008 at 8:40 a.m. | more galleries like this

West Carrollton vs. Monroe scrimmage

West Carrollton at Monroe football scrimmage game Friday August 15th, 2008.
08/15/2008 at 11:43 p.m. | more galleries like this

4-team scrimmage at Ross

Ross, Badin, Monroe and Oakwood played in a four-way scrimmage game held at Ross High School Saturday August 9th, 2008.
08/09/2008 at 8:40 p.m. | more galleries like this

Driver killed as train hits pickup

A 60-year-old man was killed this afternoon when a train crashed into a pickup truck he was driving near the intersection of U.S. 127 and Oxford-Middletown Road, according to the Butler County Sheriff's Office.
08/07/2008 at 4:47 p.m. | more galleries like this

Turf Wars

Area schools are choosing to add artificial turf to their football fields.
07/30/2008 at 9:20 p.m. | more galleries like this

YBS: 2008 Butler County Fair

If you were at the 2008 Butler County Fair, chances are we 'Spotted' you.
07/24/2008 at 4:38 p.m. | more galleries like this

 

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