Monroe, Louisiana Monroe, Louisiana Monroe de Louisiane City of Monroe Official seal of Monroe, Louisiana Nickname(s): Twin Cities of Northeast Louisiana Monroe, Louisiana is positioned in Louisiana Monroe, Louisiana - Monroe, Louisiana Location of Monroe in Louisiana in USA State Louisiana Named for James Monroe Urban region includes Monroe-West Monroe Website City of Monroe Monroe (historically French: Poste-du-Ouachita) is the eighth-largest town/city in the U.S.
State of Louisiana.
In the official 2010 census, Monroe had a populace of 48,815.
Mayor Jamie Mayo, however, maintains that the Monroe populace is more than 50,000 and pointed out that he will pursue a continued challenge to the count. Monroe is the principal town/city of the Monroe Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes the churches of Ouachita and Union.
The two-parish region had a total populace of 170,053 in 2000 and an estimated populace of 172,275 as of July 1, 2007. The larger Monroe-Bastrop Combined Travel Destination is composed of both the Monroe Metropolitan Travel Destination and the Bastrop Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Monroe and the neighboring town/city of West Monroe (pop.
13,250), positioned just athwart the Ouachita River, are often referred to as the Twin Cities of northeast Louisiana.
Monroe Convention Hall athwart from City Hall; designed by Hugh G.
Matthews Catholic Church in downtown Monroe The settlement formerly known as Fort Miro adopted the name Monroe, amid the first half of the 19th century, in recognition of the steam-powered paddle-wheeler James Monroe. The arrival of the ship had a profound effect on the settlers; it was the single event, in the minds of small-town residents, that transformed the outpost into a town.
The ship is depicted in a mural at the chief branch of the Monroe Library on North 18th Street.
Therefore, credit is indirectly given to James Monroe of Virginia, the fifth President of the United States, for whom the ship was named.
During the American Civil War, Monroe and Opelousas, the seat of St.
Landry Parish in south Louisiana, had Confederate training camps.
In 1862, Monroe and Delhi in Richland Parish became overcrowded with unwelcome refugees from non-urban areas to the east.
Grant, who moved into northeastern Louisiana and spent the winter of 1862 1863 at Winter Quarters south of Newellton in Tensas Parish.
Winters reported "strong Union sympathy" in both Delhi and Monroe.
Union boats came up the Ouachita River to Monroe to trade coffee, liquor, dry goods, and cash for cotton.
"Confederate officers were accused by a citizen of encouraging the trade and of fraternizing with the enemy, eating their oysters, and drinking their liquor." As the war continued, deserters and stragglers about Monroe became "so plentiful that the Union Army sent a special detachment" from Alexandria to apprehend them. Biedenharn, the first bottler of Coca-Cola, moved to Monroe from Vicksburg, Mississippi.
His home and plant nurseries at 2006 Riverside Drive in Monroe have been preserved and are now directed as the Biedenharn Museum and Gardens and are open to the public. Griffin (1911-1986) purchased a boat dealership in 1936 while he was a student at what became the University of Louisiana at Monroe.
Griffin (1915-1985), directed their cyclic Land O' Toys store on South Grand Street in Monroe.
Magical for kids," as stated to an article in The Monroe News-Star.
First Baptist Church in downtown Monroe Frank "Buddy" Flowers Chapel at Louisiana Baptist Children's Home in Monroe Washington Plaza in downtown Monroe Monroe has an altitude of 72 feet (21.9 m). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 31.6 square miles (83.9 km ), of which, 28.7 square miles (74.3 km ) of it is territory and 3.7 square miles (9.6 km ) of it is water.
Regional metros/cities and their distance from Monroe include: Monroe has a humid subtropical climate (Koppen climate classification Cfa).
Climate data for Monroe, Louisiana (Monroe Regional Airport), 1981 2010 normals Average snowy days ( 0.1 in) 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.0 Southern Monroe (south of U.S.
Highway 80) This region contains the Pecanland Mall and the Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo.
North and East Monroe Metro Area (north of U.S.
Highway 80) The University of Louisiana at Monroe and the command posts for Century - Link can be found in this area.
This list includes communities positioned outside Monroe City limits.
West Monroe Highway 165 in north Monroe.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 29.7% under the age of 18, 15.0% from 18 to 24, 25.1% from 25 to 44, 17.5% from 45 to 64, and 12.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
5 University of Louisiana at Monroe 1,200 8 City of Monroe 1,110 Monroe was the command posts of Delta Air Lines amid the second half of the 1920s.
Monroe Regional Airport serves the city.
Greyhound Bus Lines provides transit from Monroe to many metros/cities athwart the nation.
The town/city of Monroe has the earliest municipally owned transit fitness in the nation.
Created in 1906 as a four-line street barns , the Monroe Transit System now provides 13 fixed bus routes covering most areas of the city, and three demand-response buses serving the disabled. Monroe can be accessed from I-20, U.S.
The Monroe Civic Center has multiple facilities.
Robinson conference hall, Monroe Convention Center, equestrian pavilion, and the 2,200-seat W.
"Jack" Howard, the Union Parish native who served as the mayor of Monroe from 1956 to 1972 and again from 1976 to 1978.
During the last week of June, Monroe hosts the annual Miss Louisiana pageant.
Monroe is the home of the Louisiana Purchase Gardens and Zoo, which collectively maintains over 500 animals.
The Chennault Aviation and Military Museum in Monroe The Monroe region is home to a several exhibitions, including the Northeast Louisiana Children's Museum, The Biedenharn Museum and Gardens, Chennault Aviation & Military Museum, the Masur Museum of Arts, and the Northeast Louisiana Delta black Heritage Museum.
Bayou Desiard flows though parts of Monroe.
Monroe is home to the 528th Engineer Battalion of the Louisiana Army National Guard.
Historic Monroe City High School (Postcard Face, dated 1907) University of Louisiana at Monroe Further information: Monroe City Schools The City of Monroe has its own department of education, which operates separately from the larger Ouachita Parish School System.
It is known as the Monroe City School System.
Further information: Media in Monroe, Louisiana Monroe is served by a Gannett newspaper, the Monroe News Star, formerly an afternoon daily owned and directed by the father-son team of publishers, Robert Wilson Ewing, I, and John D.
When the Ewing's Monroe Morning World ceased publication, the sister publication, the News Star, became the city's morning-only newspaper.
Monroe is also served by two black owned weekly newspapers: The Monroe Free Press and the Monroe Dispatch.
It has all-local coverage of affairs in Ouachita Parish, including Monroe, West Monroe, Sterlington and Richwood.
Main article: List of citizens from Monroe, Louisiana "Cajun and Cajuns: Genealogy site for Cajun, Acadian and Louisiana genealogy, history and culture".
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"Scott Rogers, "Monroe populace still under 50,000"".
Monroe News Star, December 22, 2012.
"Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2007 (CBSA-EST2007-01)" (CSV).
Winters, The Civil War in Louisiana, Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1963, ISBN 0-8071-0834-0, p.
The Monroe News-Star.
"LA Monroe RGNL AP".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Sarah Eddington, "Contestants excited about 50th Miss Louisiana competition in Monroe"".
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