Place:Monroe, Florida, United States

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NameMonroe
Alt namesMonroesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates25.333°N 81°W
Located inFlorida, United States     (1823 - )
See alsoBrevard, Florida, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Lee, Florida, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Manatee, Florida, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Unknown
Cross Key
Census-designated place
Cudjoe Key
Duck Key
Key Largo
North Key Largo
Stock Island
Tavernier
Inhabited place
Anglers Park
Bay Point
Big Coppitt Key
Big Pine Key
Big Pine
Carysfort Yacht Harbor
Chatham
Conch Key
Craig
Dynamite Docks
El Chico
Flamingo
Fort Jefferson
Garden Cove
Grayvik
Islamorada
Jewfish
Key Colony Beach
Key West ( 1822 - )
Layton
Leon Hamilton Place
Lower Matecumbe Beach
Marathon
Matecumbe
Perky
Pinecrest
Pirates Cove
Plantation Key Colony
Plantation
Seaside
Sugarloaf Shores
Sunset Point
Thompson
Trail City
Valhalla
Walter Hamilton Place
Unknown
Plantation Key
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Monroe County is a county in the state of Florida. As of the 2020 census, the population was 82,874.[1] Its county seat is Key West. Monroe County includes the islands of the Florida Keys and comprises the Key West Micropolitan Statistical Area. Over 99.9% of the county's population lives on the Florida Keys. The mainland, which is part of the Everglades, comprises 87% of the county's land area and is virtually uninhabited with only 17 people in total.

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History

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Monroe County was created in 1823. It was named for James Monroe, the fifth president of the United States from 1817 to 1825.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1823 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1826 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1826 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1830 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1888 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1890 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1830 517
1840 688
1850 2,645
1860 2,913
1870 5,657
1880 10,940
1890 18,786
1900 18,006
1910 21,563
1920 19,550
1930 13,624
1940 14,078
1950 29,957
1960 47,921
1970 52,586
1980 63,188
1990 78,024
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Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Monroe County, Florida, United States

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External links

www.co.monroe.fl.us/

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