Monroeville (also, Munroeville),
named for its founder U. P. Monroe, was the
county seat
A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish. The term is in use in Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, Taiwan, and the United States. The equivalent term shire town is used in the US st ...
of
Colusa County
Colusa County () is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,839. The county seat is Colusa. It is in the North Valley of California, northwest of the state capital, Sacramento.
History
C ...
from 1851 to 1853.
It was located north of
Butte City,
near the mouth of Stony Creek in northeastern Glenn County, at an elevation of 128 feet (39 m).
The people of the community of
Colusa fought for and eventually won the right to become the County Seat in 1853. A post office operated at Monroeville from 1853 to 1862.
The area containing Monroeville was eventually absorbed into Glenn County when that county was formed in 1891.
References
Former settlements in Glenn County, California
Former county seats in California
Ghost towns in California
1851 establishments in California
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