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July 7, 1995 (111 Stone Ave. Monroe: 10: First United Methodist Church: First United Methodist Church: June 12, 2001 (101 N. 2nd St. West Monroe: 11: Isaiah Garrett Law Office
Monroe is served by two African-American-owned weekly newspapers: the Monroe Free Press and the Monroe Dispatch. The Free Press was founded in 1969 by Roosevelt Wright, Jr., and The Dispatch was founded in 1975 by Irma and Frank Detiege. The Ouachita Citizen is a locally owned and operated weekly newspaper that was founded in 1924.
The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. [1] There are 43 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the parish. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted February 14, 2025.
In 1916, the Monroe natural gas field was discovered. The field stretched more than 500 square miles (1,000 km 2) and was estimated to have 6,500,000,000,000 cubic feet (180 km 3) of natural gas in it. As a result, for a time the city of Monroe was known as the natural gas capital of the world. The new industry generated many jobs.
Louisiana Highway 15 (LA 15) is a state highway located in central and northern Louisiana.It runs 194.10 miles (312.37 km) in a north–south direction from the junction of LA 1 and LA 970 in Lettsworth to the concurrent U.S. Highways 63 and 167 in Lillie.
West Monroe is the second largest city in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is situated on the Ouachita River, across from the neighboring city of Monroe. The two cities are often referred to as the Twin Cities of northeast Louisiana. Its population was 13,065 at the 2010 census and it is part of the Monroe Metropolitan Statistical ...
Louisiana Highway 139 (LA 139) is a state highway located in northeastern Louisiana.It runs 20.20 miles (32.51 km) in a north–south direction from U.S. Highway 80 (US 80) in Monroe to the junction of US 165, US 425, LA 2, and LA 593 in Bastrop.
LA 134 connects to the city of Monroe on the southwest and the village of Oak Ridge on the east. LA 138 proceeds northward along Doss Highway through rural farmland and crosses the Union Pacific Railroad tracks at a point known as Windsor. 1.7 miles (2.7 km) later, LA 138 intersects LA 554 (Perryville Road), which heads west to US 165 between ...