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Monroe County, Kentucky

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—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
6historic places
—earliest paper
1820formed
11,338pop. 2020
19cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 6 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1973. Most listings are in or near Tompkinsville, Hestand, Gamaliel.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Kentucky is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Monroe titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

3 of 6 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

6 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Baxter, Barlow, HouseHestandBuilding2001
Evans, Thomas P., HouseTompkinsvilleBuilding1992
Fowler, Clark C., HouseTompkinsvilleBuilding2001
Mount Vernon A.M.E. ChurchGamalielBuilding1977
Old Mulkey MeetinghouseTompkinsvilleBuilding1973
Proffitt, George W., Jr., HouseTompkinsvilleBuilding2001

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Monroe was formed in 1820 (1820-04-01) from Barren, Cumberland.

MONROE created from BARREN and CUMBERLAND.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Monroe County population from 1820 to 2020 (Census historical series).

14k9,5854,9561820184018801920196020002020
182018401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
4,9566,5268,55110,74113,05314,21414,07013,77011,79912,35311,75611,338

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

19 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 19 of 19 listed
NameLatLon
Bailey Cemetery36.65306-85.59955
Belcher Cemetery36.7141-85.80792
Biggers Cemetery36.81571-85.79278
Brown Cemetery36.72575-85.73115
Fountain Run Cemetery36.72614-85.96466
Gee Cemetery36.70556-85.56384
Hammer Cemetery36.664-85.66587
Jones Cemetery36.66462-85.49537
Kirkpatrick Cemetery36.72395-85.53271
McPherson Cemetery36.82457-85.7561
Mount Vernon Cemetery36.67453-85.79905
Neal Cemetery36.71-85.86852
Oak Hill Cemetery36.69865-85.70107
Payne Cemetery36.80977-85.77025
Pikesville Cemetery36.73345-85.88895
Shorts Chapel Cemetery36.62814-85.459
Smith Cemetery36.74216-85.56398
Stephens Cemetery36.63079-85.52479
Tyree Cemetery36.76993-85.79243
Historical populated places — 2 of 2
NameLatLon
Johnstonville36.68476-85.4973
Pikesville36.73815-85.88948

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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