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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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Fenwick vs. Monroe

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Monument reopening

A local icon closed to the public last month because of government budget cuts will reopen again this weekend, thanks to a group of veterans who don’t want the region to forget its military heritage.
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ODOT construction press conference

Embarking on the largest investment in Ohio’s transportation system in state history, the Ohio Department of Transportation kicked off its 2009 construction season with a press conference, Wednesday, April 8, 2009.
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