Monroe

**Monroe** or **Monroes** can mean:

### Given name

- Monroe Hayward (1840-1899), American lawyer and politician
- Monroe Heath (1827-1894), American politician
- Monroe Alpheus Majors (1864-1960), American physician and writer and civil rights activist
- Monroe G. McKay (1928-2020), American judge and politician
- Monroe Morton (1856-1919), building owner, publisher, building contractor, developer, and postmaster
- Monroe M. Shipe (1847-1924), American real estate developer and streetcar network operator

### Surname

- Monroe (surname), of Scottish origin - list of notable people with Monroe surname
    - James Monroe (1758–1831), the fifth president of the United States
    - Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962), an American actress, model, and singer

### Fictional characters

- Monroe (fictional character), the name of several fictional characters

### Antarctica

- Monroe Island, in the Larsen Islands, an island group within the South Orkney Islands of Antarctica

### Canada

- Monroe, Newfoundland and Labrador, a settlement

### Ireland

- Monroe, County Westmeath, a townland in the Portloman civil parish, barony of Corkaree, County Westmeath

### United States

- Monroe, Arkansas, an unincorporated community and census-designated place
- Monroe, California, former name of Hales Grove, California
- Monroe, Connecticut, town in Fairfield County,
- Monroe County, counties named after President James Monroe:
    - Monroe County, Alabama
    - Monroe County, Arkansas
    - Monroe County, Florida
    - Monroe County, Georgia
    - Monroe County, Illinois
    - Monroe County, Indiana
    - Monroe County, Iowa
    - Monroe County, Kentucky
    - Monroe County, Michigan
    - Monroe County, Mississippi
    - Monroe County, Missouri
    - Monroe County, New York
    - Monroe County, Ohio
    - Monroe County, Pennsylvania
    - Monroe County, Tennessee
    - Monroe County, West Virginia
    - Monroe County, Wisconsin
- Monroe, Georgia, city in Walton county
- Monroe, Adams County, Indiana, a town in north-eastern Indiana
- Monroe, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, an unincorporated community
- Monroe, Iowa, a city in Jasper County
- Monroe, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in Hart County
- Monroe, Louisiana, a city of about 50,000
- Monroe, Maine, a town in Waldo County
- Monroe, Massachusetts, a town in Franklin County
- Monroe, Michigan, a city in Monroe County
- Monroe Island (Yellowstone River), an island in the Yellowstone River of Montana
- Monroe, Nebraska a village in Platte County
- Monroe, New Hampshire a town in Grafton County
- Mount Monroe, a peak in the White Mountains of New Hampshire
- Monroe Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey, a town in southern New Jersey
- Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey, a town in central New Jersey
- Monroe, New York, a town in Orange County
    - Monroe (village), New York, in the town of Monroe
- Monroe, North Carolina, a city in, and the county seat of, Union County
- Monroe, Ohio, a city in Butler and Warren counties
- Monroe, Jackson County, Ohio, an unincorporated community
- Monroe, Oklahoma
- Monroe, Oregon
- Monroe, Pennsylvania
- Monroe, South Dakota
- Monroe, Tennessee
- Monroe, Utah
- Monroe, Virginia
- Monroe, Washington
- Monroe, Adams County, Wisconsin, a town
- Monroe (town), Green County, Wisconsin, a town
- Monroe, Wisconsin, a city in Green County, located partially within the town of Monroe
- Monroe Center, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community in Adams County

### Television

- _The Monroes_ (1966 TV series), an American Western series

## Other uses

- Monroe Regional Airport (Louisiana) an airport in Monroe, Louisiana
- Monroe Doctrine, a United States policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas
- Palácio Monroe, a former  monumental building in Rio de Janeiro

## Related pages

- Munro (disambiguation)