Monroe is the largest city in Monroe County, Michigan, United States, and its county seat. The population was 20,462 at the 2020 census. The city is bordered on the south by Monroe Charter Township, but the two are administered autonomously. Monroe is the core city in the Monroe metropolitan area, which is coterminous with Monroe County and had a population of 154,809 in 2020. On the western shores of Lake Erie about 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Toledo, Ohio, and 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Detroit, the city is part of the Detroit–Ann Arbor–Flint combined statistical area.
Midwest
Monroe
Monroe County, MI
Population
20,400
Walk Score
87 · Very Walkable
Median rent
$870
Median home value
$151,700
Settled
1785
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On the National Register
Historic districts
- East Elm-North Macomb Street Historic District · listed 1982
- Old Village Historic District · listed 1982
- River Raisin Battlefield Site (Boundary Increase) · listed 2019
- St. Mary's Academy Historic District · listed 2019
- St. Mary's Church Complex Historic District · listed 1982
Notable landmarks
- Custer, George Armstrong, Equestrian Monument · listed 1994
- Hall of the Divine Child · listed 2017
- Loranger, Edward, House · listed 1984
- McClelland, Gov. Robert, House · listed 1971
- Navarre-Anderson Trading Post · listed 1972
- Nims, Rudolph, House · listed 1972
- River Raisin Battlefield Site (20MR227) · listed 1982
- Sawyer House · listed 1977
- Weis Manufacturing Company
- Weis Manufacturing Company · listed 1981
- Wing-Allore House · listed 2014
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