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Monroe County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 27,957. [1] The county seat is Forsyth. [2] The county was created on May 15, 1821. [3] The county was named for James Monroe. [4] Monroe County is included in the Macon, GA metropolitan statistical area.
[2] Name on the Register Image Date listed [3] Location City or town Description 1: Culloden Historic District: Culloden Historic District: March 13, 1980 (Hickory Grove Rd., Main, College and Orange Sts.
Monroe is a city and the county seat of Walton County, Georgia, United States. [5] It is located both one hour east of Atlanta via US 78 and GA 138 to I-20 and east of Hartsfield–Jackson International Airport and is one of the exurban cities in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The population was 14,928 at the 2020 U.S. census. [6]
Sponsored by the Monroe County Historical Society and the Monroe County Museum System, the week offers local daily guest speakers who will talk about local topics. Admission is free. To learn more ...
The Monroe and Walton Mills Historic District in Monroe, Georgia is a 120 acres (49 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The listing included 236 contributing buildings. [1]
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Georgia that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design. [1] [2] [3]
Historical marker at the entrance from Georgia Highway 74 Entrance to Montpelier Institute from Highway 74. First known as the Montpelier Institute and later as the Montpelier Collegiate Institute, the Montpelier Female Institute was a school founded by Episcopal Bishop Stephen Elliott at Montpelier Springs, Monroe County, Georgia in 1841, and is notable as one of the earliest in the state to ...
A newer highway bridge has been built near the site, located at the extreme eastern edge of Walton County, Georgia, between Monroe and Athens, near the Athens–Clarke County region west of the University of Georgia. The Georgia Historical Society erected a state historical marker near the site. The historical marker was one of the first in the ...