Monroe,_Oklahoma

Monroe, Oklahoma

Monroe, Oklahoma

Census-designated place in Oklahoma, United States

Monroe is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in far eastern Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States.

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A post office was established at Monroe, Indian Territory, on February 25, 1881. It was named for its first postmaster, Simon Monroe Griffith.[3]

At the time of its founding, Monroe was located in Skullyville County, a part of the Moshulatubbee District of the Choctaw Nation.[4]

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References

  1. [1]
    "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  2. [2]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Monroe, Oklahoma
  3. [3]
    Heavener Historical Society (2013). Heavener (LeFlore County) Oklahoma. Xlibris Corporation. p. 276. ISBN 9781479760558.[self-published source]; Shirk, George H. Oklahoma Place Names (Norman: University of Oklahoma, 1965), p. 143.
  4. [4]
    Morris, John W. Historical Atlas of Oklahoma (Norman: University of Oklahoma, 1986), plate 38.
  5. [5]
    "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.


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