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This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, Missouri, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map. [1]
It was named for Thomas Hart Benton, a U.S. Senator from Missouri. [5] Benton township was divided into Marion township to the north and Benton township to the south in August 1845. [ 6 ] The current township was formed in January 1916 when Marion township and Benton township merged back together to form a single township.
The Trail of Death was declared a Regional Historic Trail in 1994 by the state legislatures of Indiana, Illinois, and Kansas; Missouri passed similar legislation in 1996. As of 2013 [update] , 80 Trail of Death markers were located along the route in all four states, at every 15 to 20 miles where the group had camped between each day's walk.
Indian Creek is an unincorporated community in northeastern Monroe County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] The community is located on the banks of Indian Creek and along U.S. Route 24 about midway between Monroe City to the northeast and Stoutsville to the southwest. [2] Another name for the community of Indian Creek is "Swinkey".
Indian Creek Township is an inactive township in Monroe County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [ 1 ] Indian Creek Township was established in 1840, taking its name from Indian Creek .
The county was one of only two jurisdictions in Missouri to be carried by Democrat George McGovern in the 1972 presidential election against incumbent Republican President Richard Nixon, the other being the city of St. Louis. Monroe County was first carried by a Republican in 1976 by John Danforth in the U.S. Senate race.
The Union Covered Bridge State Historic Site is a Missouri State Historic Site in Monroe County, Missouri. The covered bridge is a Burr-arch truss structure built in 1871 over the Elk Fork of the Salt River. It was almost lost to neglect in the 1960s, but was added to the state park system in 1967, the same year it was damaged by a flood.
Old Monroe is located at (38.931993, -90.748049 [ 9 ] According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 0.26 square miles (0.67 km 2 ), of which 0.25 square miles (0.65 km 2 ) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km 2 ) is water.