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Lincoln County was established in 1867, and organized in 1870. Monroe was issued a post office in December 1871. The post office was discontinued in 1886. In 1873, a Salina newspaper described Monroe as one of a few "post offices in the centre of industrious settlements" in Lincoln County. (1 December 1873). Lincoln County
''Kansas Central Advocate'' The county commissioners approved the creation of a Monroe township in 1873, carved out from Salt Creek and Elkhorn townships. The township must have had a very brief existence, as it does not appear on an 1878 county map.(17 November 1873)
Lincoln Co. News
''Lincoln County Patriot''Map of Lincoln County, Kansas, 1878
Rand McNally The 1887 ''Official State Atlas of Kansas'' lists the names of six Lincoln County residents as living in Monroe.
(1887) Local papers in this era would regularly report of happenings in Monroe.(1 January 1874)
Married
''Lincoln County Patriot'' (reporting on wedding of John W. Bell to Martha J. Ricord, in Monroe)(29 November 1906)
Notes
''Lincoln Sentinel''(19 July 1876)
''Saline Valley Register'' (" The Monroe settlement is one of the best in the county.") The first public school in Lincoln County opened at Monroe in 1870.History of the State of Kansas
p. 1421 (1883) Though it was the first district organized in the county in 1873, it was registered second and thus became "No. 2". The first school house at Monroe was blown away in a storm in 1883 and then rebuilt; opening that fall with 45 students. As enrollment dropped the school was closed in 1939, and the students then sent to Beverly. The building was sold at public action in 1950. Many community events in Monroe would be held at the school house while it was in use.(14 April 1966)
''Lincoln Sentinel-Republican''(7 April 1881)
Monroe Notes
''Lincoln Banner''From Monroe
''Lincoln Beacon'' Nothing remains of the community today except the nearby Monroe Cemetery.
CurrentHistoric
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in Lincoln County, Kansas
Lincoln County (standard abbreviation: LC) is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 2,939. The largest city and county seat is Lincoln Center.
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, United States. It was located south of Beverly, near the intersection of Iron Drive and 280th Road.
History
Lincoln County was established in 1867, and organized in 1870. Monroe was issued a post office in December 1871. The post office was discontinued in 1886. In 1873, a Salina newspaper described Monroe as one of a few "post offices in the centre of industrious settlements" in Lincoln County. (1 December 1873). Lincoln County''Kansas Central Advocate'' The county commissioners approved the creation of a Monroe township in 1873, carved out from Salt Creek and Elkhorn townships. The township must have had a very brief existence, as it does not appear on an 1878 county map.(17 November 1873)
Lincoln Co. News
''Lincoln County Patriot''Map of Lincoln County, Kansas, 1878
Rand McNally The 1887 ''Official State Atlas of Kansas'' lists the names of six Lincoln County residents as living in Monroe.
(1887) Local papers in this era would regularly report of happenings in Monroe.(1 January 1874)
Married
''Lincoln County Patriot'' (reporting on wedding of John W. Bell to Martha J. Ricord, in Monroe)(29 November 1906)
Notes
''Lincoln Sentinel''(19 July 1876)
''Saline Valley Register'' (" The Monroe settlement is one of the best in the county.") The first public school in Lincoln County opened at Monroe in 1870.History of the State of Kansas
p. 1421 (1883) Though it was the first district organized in the county in 1873, it was registered second and thus became "No. 2". The first school house at Monroe was blown away in a storm in 1883 and then rebuilt; opening that fall with 45 students. As enrollment dropped the school was closed in 1939, and the students then sent to Beverly. The building was sold at public action in 1950. Many community events in Monroe would be held at the school house while it was in use.(14 April 1966)
''Lincoln Sentinel-Republican''(7 April 1881)
Monroe Notes
''Lincoln Banner''From Monroe
''Lincoln Beacon'' Nothing remains of the community today except the nearby Monroe Cemetery.
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Further reading
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* Lincoln County mapsCurrent
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