Monroe

plural Monroes

1. countableuncountableA Scottish topographic surname from Scottish Gaelic from Gaelic words meaning "foot of a hill"
2. countableuncountableA settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
3. countableuncountableA townland in County Meath, Ireland.
4. Any of a number of places in the United States, including:
   1. countableuncountableThe former name of an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California, now Hales Grove.
   2. countableuncountableA town in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
   3. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Walton County, Georgia.
   4. countableuncountableA small town in Adams County, Indiana.
   5. countableuncountableA small unincorporated community in Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
   6. countableuncountableA small city in Jasper County, Iowa.
   7. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Hart County, Kentucky.
   8. countableuncountableA sizable city, the parish seat of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.
   9. countableuncountableA town in Waldo County, Maine.
   10. countableuncountableA small town in Franklin County, Massachusetts.
   11. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Monroe County, Michigan.
   12. countableuncountableA village in Platte County, Nebraska.
   13. countableuncountableA rural town in Grafton County, New Hampshire.
   14. countableuncountableA sizable town and village in Orange County, New York.

       With the secession of some of Monroe’s land to become a new town that encompassed Kiryas Joel, the village absorbed residents who had been living on former Monroe land.

       2025 June 6, Lana Bellamy, “Orthodox communities see surge in population”, in Times Union, archived from the original on 03 Jul 2025

   15. countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Union County, North Carolina.

       I was born and raised in Monroe, the seat of Union County, North Carolina. That makes me, as an indulgent friend once put it, a “country boy.”

       2005, Jesse Helms, “Introduction”, in Here's Where I Stand: A Memoir, New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page xv

   16. countableuncountableA city in Warren County and Butler County, Ohio.
   17. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Jackson County, Ohio.
   18. countableuncountableA small unincorporated community in Le Flore County, Oklahoma.
   19. countableuncountableA small city in Benton County, Oregon.
   20. countableuncountableA borough of Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
   21. countableuncountableA small town in Turner County, South Dakota.
   22. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Overton County, Tennessee.
   23. countableuncountableA small city in Sevier County, Utah.
   24. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Amherst County, Virginia.
   25. countableuncountableA city in Snohomish County, Washington.
   26. countableuncountableA small town in Adams County, Wisconsin.
   27. countableuncountableA town and city, the county seat of Green County, Wisconsin.
   28. countableuncountableA number of townships in the United States, listed under Monroe Township.
5. countableuncountableA unisex given name transferred from the surname.