Monroe, Rusk County, Texas
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Monroe is an
unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in Rusk County,
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, United States. According to the
Handbook of Texas The Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) is an American nonprofit educational and research organization dedicated to documenting the history of Texas. It was founded in Austin, Texas, United States, on March 2, 1897. In November 2008, the ...
, the community had a population of 96 in 2000. It is located within the
Longview, Texas metropolitan area The Longview metropolitan statistical area is a metropolitan area in Northeast Texas that covers four counties— Gregg, Harrison, Rusk, and Upshur. As of the 2010 census the MSA had a population of 280,000 (though a July 1, 2019 estimate place ...
.


Geography

Monroe is located in northeastern Rusk County near Wyche Branch, Bonner Creek, and Tiawichi Creek.
Texas State Highway 322 State Highway 322 (SH 322) is a Texas state highway that runs from U.S. Route 259, US 259 in Henderson, Texas, Henderson to Interstate 20 in Texas, I-20/US 259/Texas State Highway Loop 281, Loop 281 in Longview, Texas, Longview. Route descript ...
exits into Monroe on Farm to Market Road 1249 west.


Education

Today, the community is served by the
Kilgore Independent School District Kilgore Independent School District (Kilgore ISD) is one of two public school districts serving the city of Kilgore. Headquartered in Downtown Kilgore, Downtown Kilgore, Texas, United States, the district encompasses most of Kilgore, extending i ...
.


See also

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List of unincorporated communities in Texas This is a list of unincorporated communities in the U.S. state of Texas, listed by county. This may include disincorporated communities, towns with no incorporated status, ghost towns, or census-designated places. See also *List of cities i ...


References

Unincorporated communities in Rusk County, Texas Unincorporated communities in Texas {{RuskCountyTX-geo-stub