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History · Monroe

Monroe’s post office opened in 1881, and 14% of its homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1981 on.

1881first post office
0on the National Register
14%homes built before 1940
1famous people
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Quick answers

How Monroe began, and where its name came from

When was Monroe founded?

1881

The Monroe post office opened in 1881, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 164145 years

How did Monroe get its name?

Monroe was named for its first postmaster, Simon Monroe Griffith.

Founding year: the first Monroe post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Name: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

What stands out about Monroe’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Monroe are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Monroe, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Monroe yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Monroe is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in far eastern Le Flore County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, Monroe had a population of 164. A post office was established at Monroe, Indian Territory, on February 25, 1881. It was named for its first postmaster, Simon Monroe Griffith. At the time of its founding, Monroe was located in Skullyville County, a part of the Moshulatubbee District of the Choctaw Nation.

Its first post office opened in 1881.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Monroe, 1881 to 1993

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1881Post officeThe Monroe post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1981On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
  5. 1993Born hereKoda Glover is born here
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On the map

Monroe on the map in 1981

The U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Monroe.

Monroe on the 1981 USGS map1981Heavener sheet · 1:24,000

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Monroe.

Questions about Monroe’s history

What year was Monroe founded?

The Monroe post office opened in 1881, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikidata and Wikipedia for famous people, U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.