| [X]            | Annual      report pursuant to section 13 or 15(d) of      the |
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|           | Securities      Exchange Act of 1934                           |
|           | For the      fiscal year ended December 31,      2009          |
|           |     or                                     |
| [  ] | Transition report pursuant to section 13 or 15(d ) of      the |
|           | Securities Exchange Act of    1934                             |
|           | For the      transition period from __________ to__________    |

|                                 | THE MONARCH CEMENT      COMPANY(Exact name of      registrant as specified in its charter) |                                         |
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|  Kansas                         |                                                                                       | 48-0340590                                   |
| (State or      other jurisdiction of |                                                                                       |  (IRS employer      identification no.) |
| incorporation or      organization)  |                                                                                       |                                         |
|                                 | P.O. Box 1000, Humboldt, Kansas      66748-0900                                            |                                         |
|                                 | (Address of principal      executive      offices)    (zip      code)  |                                         |

|  Title of      Class:  | Capital      Stock, par value $2.50 per share         |   |
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|--------|
|                             | Class B      Capital Stock, par value $2.50 per share |   |

| Large      accelerated filer    ____            |                                                                 | Accelerated      filer                           X     |
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| Non-accelerated      filer      ____  |  (Do not check      if a smaller reporting company)   | Smaller      reporting company    ____                                                                                                                                              |

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| ·   | Description      of the Business; |
|--------------------|-----------------------------------|

| ·   | Lines      of Business; and |
|--------------------|-----------------------------|

| ·   | Note      10, Lines of Business, of Notes to Consolidated Financial      Statements. |
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| Cement                                                            |   | $      | 5,345,468  |   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|------------|--------|
| Work      in process                                              |   |   | 2,050,200  |   |
| Building      products                                            |   |   | 5,225,431  |   |
| Fuel,      gypsum and other materials                             |   |   | 7,625,573  |   |
| Operating      and maintenance supplies                           |   |   | 11,538,788 |   |
|           Total |   | $      | 31,785,460 |   |

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| ·   | Market      Risks; |
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| ·   | Inflation;      and |
|--------------------|---------------------|

| ·   | Environmental      Regulations. |
|--------------------|---------------------------------|

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| ·   | Report      of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (BKD, llp--related      to financial statements); |
|--------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| ·   | Consolidated      Balance Sheets--December 31, 2009 and2008; |
|--------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|

| ·   | Consolidated      Statements of Income--For the Years Ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and      2007; |
|--------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| ·   | Consolidated      Statements of Comprehensive Income--For the Years Ended December 31, 2009,      2008 and 2007; |
|--------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| ·   | Consolidated      Statements of Stockholders' Equity and Noncontrolling Interests--For the      Years Ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and2007; |
|--------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| ·   | Consolidated      Statements of Cash Flows--For the Years Ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and      2007; and |
|--------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| ·   | Notes      to Consolidated Financial Statements--December 31, 2009, 2008 and      2007. |
|--------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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| ·   | Management's      Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting;  and |
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| ·   | Report      of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (BKD, llp--related      to internal control over financialreporting). |
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| ·   | Election      of Directors and RelatedInformation; |
|--------------------|----------------------------------------------------|

| ·   | Information      Concerning Nominees for Election to Board of Directors and Directors      Continuing in Office; |
|--------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| ·   | Specific      Experience, Qualifications, Attributes and Skills of Our Directors and      Nominees; |
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| ·   | Information      Concerning Executive Officers; |
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| ·   | Section      16(a) Beneficial Ownership ReportingCompliance; |
|--------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|

| ·   | Nomination      of Directors; |
|--------------------|-------------------------------|

| ·   | Executive      Compensation; and |
|--------------------|----------------------------------|

| ·   | Audit      Committee Report. |
|--------------------|------------------------------|

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| ·   | Executive      Compensation; |
|--------------------|------------------------------|

| ·   | Defined      Benefit Retirement Plan; |
|--------------------|---------------------------------------|

| ·   | Severance      Pay Plan; |
|--------------------|--------------------------|

| ·   | Compensation      Discussion and Analysis; |
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| ·   | Compensation      Committee Report; |
|--------------------|-------------------------------------|

| ·   | Compensation      Committee Interlocks And Insider Participation;  and |
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| ·   | Board      Leadership Structure and Role in Risk  Oversight. |
|--------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|

| ·   | Security      Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and    Management. |
|--------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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| ·   | Related      Party Transactions; |
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| ·   | Nomination      of Directors; and |
|--------------------|-----------------------------------|

| ·   | Audit      Committee Report. |
|--------------------|------------------------------|

| ·   | Independent      Auditors. |
|--------------------|----------------------------|

| ·   | Report      of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (BKD, llp--related      to financial statements); |
|--------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| ·   | Consolidated      Balance Sheets--December 31, 2009 and      2008; |
|--------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| ·   | Consolidated      Statements of Income--For the Years Ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and      2007; |
|--------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| ·   | Consolidated      Statements of Comprehensive Income--For the Years Ended December 31,      2009, 2008 and 2007; |
|--------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| ·   | Consolidated      Statements of Stockholders' Equity and Noncontrolling Interests--For the      Years Ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and2007; |
|--------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| ·   | Consolidated      Statements of Cash Flows--For the Years Ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and      2007; and |
|--------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| ·   | Notes      to Consolidated Financial Statements--December 31, 2009, 2008 and      2007. |
|--------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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|   | 3(i) | Articles      of Incorporation.  (Filed with the Company's Annual Report on      Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1994 (File No. 0-2757) as      Exhibit 3(i) and incorporated herein by  reference.) |
|--------|------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|   | 3(ii) | By-laws.  (Filed      with the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 12, 2006 (File      No. 0-2757) as Exhibit 3(ii) and incorporated herein by      reference.) |
|--------|-------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|   | 10.1 | Loan      agreement dated January 1, 2001, between the Bank of Oklahoma N.A.      and The Monarch Cement Company.  (Filed with the Company's      Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2001      (File No. 0-2757) as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by      reference.) |
|--------|------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|   | 10.1(a) | First      amendment      to agreement dated January 1, 2001, between the Bank of      Oklahoma N.A. and The Monarch Cement Company.  (Filed with      the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended      December 31, 2002 (File No. 0-2757)      as Exhibit 10.1(a) and incorporated herein by      reference.) |
|--------|---------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|   | 10.1(b) | Second      amendment to agreement dated January 1, 2001, between the Bank of Oklahoma      N.A. and The Monarch Cement Company as amended by first amendment dated      December 31, 2002.  (Filed with the Company's Annual Report on      Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003 (File No. 0-2757) as      Exhibit 10.1(b) and incorporated herein by  reference.) |
|--------|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|   | 10.1(c) | Third      amendment to agreement dated January 1, 2001, between the Bank of Oklahoma      N.A. and The Monarch Cement Company as amended by first amendment dated      December 31, 2002 and second amendment dated December 31,      2003.  (Filed with the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for      the year ended December 31, 2004 (File No. 0-2757) as Exhibit 10.1(c) and      incorporated herein by reference.) |
|--------|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|   | 10.1(d) | Fourth      amendment to agreement dated January 1, 2001, between the Bank of Oklahoma      N.A. and The Monarch Cement Company as amended by first amendment dated      December 31, 2002, second amendment dated December 31, 2003 and third      amendment dated December 31, 2004.  (Filed with the Company's      Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 (File No.      0-2757) as Exhibit 10.1(d) and incorporated herein by      reference.) |
|--------|---------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|   | 10.1(e) | Fifth      amendment to agreement dated January 1, 2001, between the Bank of Oklahoma      N.A. and The Monarch Cement Companyas |
|--------|---------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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|   |   | amended      by first amendment dated December 31, 2002, second amendment dated      December 31, 2003, third amendment dated December 31, 2004 and fourth      amendment dated January 1, 2006. (Filed with the Company's Annual Report      on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 (File No. 0-2757) as      Exhibit 10.1(e) and incorporated herein by  reference.) |
|--------|--------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|   | 10.1(f) | Sixth      amendment to agreement dated January 1, 2001, between the Bank of Oklahoma      N.A. and The Monarch Cement Company as amended by first amendment dated      December 31, 2002, second amendment dated December 31, 2003, third      amendment dated December 31, 2004, fourth amendment dated January 1, 2006      and fifth amendment dated December 31, 2006. (Filed with the Company's      Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 (File No.      0-2757) as Exhibit 10.1(f) and incorporated herein by      reference.) |
|--------|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|   | 10.1(g) | Seventh amendment to agreement dated January 1,      2001, between the Bank of Oklahoma N.A. and The Monarch Cement Company      as      amended by first amendment dated December 31, 2002, second amendment      dated December 31, 2003, third December      31, 2004, fourth amendment dated January 1, 2006, fifth      amendment dated December 31, 2006, and sixth amendment dated      December 31, 2007. (Filed with the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K      for the year ended December 31, 2008 (File No. 0-2757) as Exhibit 10.1(g)      and incorporated herein by      reference.) |
|--------|---------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|   | 10.1(h) | Eighth amendment to agreement dated January 1,      2001, between the Bank of Oklahoma N.A. and The Monarch Cement Company      as      amended by first amendment dated December 31, 2002, second amendment      dated December 31, 2003, third amendment dated December      31, 2004, fourth amendment dated January 1, 2006, fifth      amendment dated December 31, 2006, sixth amendment dated      December 31, 2007, and seventh amendment dated December 31, 2008. (Filed      with the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 31, 2009      (File No. 0-2757) as Exhibit 10.1(h) and incorporated herein by      reference.) |
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|   | 13 | 2009      Annual Report to Stockholders. |
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|   | 21 | Subsidiaries      of the Registrant. |
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|   | 31.1 | Certificate      of the President and Chairman of the Board pursuant to Section      13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of      1934. |
|--------|------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|   | 31.2  | Certificate      of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) of      the Securities Exchange Act of1934. |
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|   | 32.1 | 18      U.S.C. Section 1350 Certificate of the President and Chairman of the Board      dated March 16, 2010. |
|--------|------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|   | 32.2 | 18      U.S.C. Section 1350 Certificate of the Chief Financial Officer dated March      16, 2010. |
|--------|------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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|   | By:     /s/      Walter H. Wulf, Jr.     |   |
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|   | Walter H. Wulf,      Jr.President                                                     |   |
|   |                                                                                  |   |
|   | Date:       March      16, 2010                    |   |
|   |                                                                                  |   |

| By:  /s/      Jack R.      Callahan                                     |   | By:  /s/      Gayle C. McMillen                                |
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|     Jack      R. Callahan                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |   |     Gayle      C. McMillen                           |
|     Director                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |   |     Director                                         |
| Date:        March      16, 2010                                                                                                                                                                                              |   | Date:        March      16, 2010 |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |   |                                                                     |
| By:  /s/      Ronald E. Callaway                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |   | By:  /s/      Byron K. Radcliff                                |
|     Ronald      E. Callaway                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |   |     Byron      K. Radcliff                           |
|     Director                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |   |     Director                                         |
| Date:        March      16, 2010                                                                                                                                                                                              |   | Date:        March      16, 2010 |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |   |                                                                     |
| By:  /s/      David L. Deffner                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |   | By:  /s/      Walter H. Wulf, Jr.                              |
|     David      L. Deffner                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |   |     Walter      H. Wulf, Jr.                         |
|     Director                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |   |     President,      Principal Executive              |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |   |     Officer      and Director                        |
| Date:        March      16, 2010                                                                                                                                                                                              |   | Date:        March      16, 2010 |
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |   |                                                                     |
| By:  /s/      Robert M. Kissick                                                                                                                                                                                                         |   |  By:  /s/      Debra P. Roe                               |
|     Robert M.      Kissick                                                                                                                                                                                                         |   |     Debra      P. Roe, CPA                           |
|     Director                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |   |     Chief      Financial Officer                     |
| Date:        March      16, 2010                                                                                                                                                                                              |   | Date:        March      16, 2010 |

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|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|-----------------|---------|--------|-----------------|--------|---------|-----------|--------|--------|----------------|--------|
|                                                                                                                                                           |   | Balance      at |    |   | Charged      to |   |    | Deduction |   |   | Balance        |   |
|                                                                                                                                                           |   | Beginning       |    |   | Costs      and  |   |    | from      |   |   | at      End    |   |
|             Description                                                                            |   | of      Period  |    |   | Expenses        |   |    | Reserves  |   |   | of      Period |   |
|                                                                                                                                                           |   |            |    |   |            |   |    |      | (1)    |        |           |   |   |
| For      the Year Ended December 31, 2009:                                                                                                                     |   |            |    |   |            |   |    |      |   |   |           |   |   |
|    Reserve      for doubtful accounts                                                                                                           |   | $               | 788,000 |   |            | $      | 214,000 |      |   | $      | 91,000         |   |   | $ | 911,000 |   |
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| For      the Year Ended December 31, 2008:                                                                                                                     |   |            |    |   |            |   |    |      |   |   |           |   |   |   |   |   |
|    Reserve      for doubtful accounts                                                                                                           |   | $               | 640,000 |   |            | $      | 428,000 |      |   | $      | 280,000        |   |   | $ | 788,000 |   |
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| For      the Year Ended December 31, 2007:                                                                                                                     |   |            |    |   |            |   |    |      |   |   |           |   |   |   |   |   |
|    Reserve      for doubtful accounts                                                                                                           |   | $               | 641,000 |   |            | $      | 290,000 |      |   | $      | 291,000        |   |   | $ | 640,000 |   |
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| (1)      Writeoff of uncollectible accounts, net of collections on accounts      previously written off.          |

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