Monroe County, Illinois, United States

Details for Monroe County

Name

Monroe County

Place Type

County

Located in

Illinois, United States

County Seat

Waterloo

Coordinates

Latitude		38.2833863		38° 17' 00.2" N
Longitude		-90.1834469		90° 11' 00.4" W

Population

22,422

Elevation

182 m

Surrounding Counties, Independent City

Saint Clair NE
Randolph SE
Sainte Genevieve (Missouri) S
Jefferson (Missouri) W
Saint Louis (Missouri) NW
Saint Louis City (Missouri) N

USGS GNIS FeatureID

1784865

Histopolis Place ID

628996306

Updated May 12, 2011

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Genealogy Resources for Monroe County

9 Resources; Select a Cemetery below for additional resources specific to that Cemetery.

Illinois Gravestone Photo Project - Cemetery Index [Illinois Gravestone Photos]
Research your Illinois ancestors and family history by searching our online database of Illinois gravestone photos. Locate Illinois gravestone images of your descendants and discover your Illinois roots.
http://illinoisgravestones.org/cemeteries.php?selected_cid=67 (13 Apr 2011)

Monroe County, Illinois County Information - ePodunk [ePodunk]
Get all the local information you need on Monroe County, Illinois, IL - community history, demographics, local search and more at ePodunk
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=6451 (16 Dec 2009)

Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials [Find A Grave]
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=csr&CScnty=756 (10 Sep 2009)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Monroe County [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Monroe County
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/IL/Monroe/ (27 Dec 2009)

Cemeteries in or near Monroe County - ePodunk [ePodunk]
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/localList.php?local=6451&locTGroup=Cemeteries&direction=down (23 Jan 2008)

Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Monroe County > Cemeteries [Linkpendium]
The definitive directory to Genealogy > USA > Illinois > Monroe County > Cemeteries
http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/IL/Monroe/cem/ (24 Aug 2009)

The USGenWeb Illinois Archives [USGenWeb Archives]
http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/monroe/monroecem.html (8 Dec 2009)

Monroe County, Illinois - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [Wikipedia]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_County,_Illinois (16 Jul 2010)

The Political Graveyard: Monroe County, Ill. [The Political Graveyard]
A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 192,291 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present.
http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/MO.html#CEM (26 Mar 2009)

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Surveys in Monroe County

1 Survey, 5 Ranges, 19 Townships

The Third Principal Meridian survey governs land descriptions in all or part of Monroe County. You can navigate to any of the 19 survey townships that overlap Monroe County using the navigation tool below.

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Precincts of Monroe County

21 Precincts

1	11	12	13
14	15	18	20
21	22	23	28
29	3	31	34
36	5	6	8
9

Cities of Monroe County

2 Cities, 4 Villages, 24 Unincorporated Places (u.p.) (Unincorporated Place (u.p.) is assumed unless noted)

Ames	Burksville	Burksville Station	Chalfin Bridge
Columbia (city)	Foster Pond (historical u.p.)	Fountain	Fountain Gap
Fults (village)	Harrisonville	Hecker (village)	Ivy
Kidd	Kise Crossing	Lemens	Madonnaville
Maeystown (village)	Merrimac	Millstadt Junction	Mitchie
Monroe City	New Hanover	Renault	Saint Joe
Tipton	Valmeyer (village)	Warnock	Wartburg
Waterloo (city)	Woodville (historical u.p.)

Cemeteries of Monroe County

37 Cemeteries, 6 Alternate Names (*) (Cemetery is assumed unless noted)

Brickey	Burksville	City	Deer Hill
Dick	Eagle Cliff	Gilmore	Grant Pass
Hecker	Holy Cross (Precinct 12)	Holy Cross (Precinct 23)	Holy Cross (Precinct 9)
Immaculate Conception	Immanuel	Koch	Kolmer
Lemen	Madonnaville	Martini	McConkey
Monroe City	Moores	New Design Historical	New Hanover
Palmer	Rebenack	Saint Johns (Precinct 13)	Saint Johns (Precinct 23)
Saint Johns (Valmeyer, Precinct 20)	Saint Marcus	Saint Marys	Saint Pauls
Saints Peter and Paul	Shoemaker	St. Johns (* Precinct 13)	St. Johns (* Precinct 23)
St. Johns (* Valmeyer, Precinct 20)	St. Marcus (*)	St. Marys (*)	St. Pauls (*)
Studt	Wallace	Zion

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